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Chinese symbol for “secrets”

隐私
yǐn sī
Traditional: 隱私
secrets; private business; privacy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for secrets is 隐私 (yǐn sī), defined as: secrets; private business; privacy.

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

隐 yǐn
to hide, to conceal; secret, hidden
radical 170 ⾩ · 11 strokes
私 sī
personal, private, secret; selfish
radical 115 ⽲ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “secrets”

WordPinyinMeaning
事机 (事機)shì jīconfidential aspects of a matter; secrets

Related words

Other words that share a character with 隐私.

WordPinyinMeaning
隐藏 (隱藏)yǐn cángto hide; to conceal
隐瞒 (隱瞞)yǐn mánto conceal; to hide (a taboo subject)
隐形 (隱形)yǐn xínginvisible
隐患 (隱患)yǐn huàna danger concealed within sth; hidden damage
隐蔽 (隱蔽)yǐn bìto conceal; to hide
私人sī rénprivate; personal
走私zǒu sīto smuggle; to have an illicit affair
自私zì sīselfish; selfishness

See also: Japanese symbol for “secrets”.

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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