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Chinese symbol for “schoolboy”

男生
nán shēng
schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for schoolboy is 男生 (nán shēng), defined as: schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

男 nán
man, boy; male; baron; surname
radical 102 ⽥ · 7 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 男生.

WordPinyinMeaning
男人nán réna man; a male
男子nán zǐa man; a male
男性nán xìngthe male sex; a male
男女nán nǚmale-female; male and female
男孩nán háiboy
男朋友nán péng youboyfriend
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life

See also: Japanese symbol for “schoolboy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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