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Chinese symbol for “shelter”

庇护
bì hù
Traditional: 庇護
to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shelter is 庇护 (bì hù), defined as: to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum.

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

庇 bì
cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes
护 hù
to defend, to guard, to protect; shelter; endorse
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “shelter”

WordPinyinMeaning
遮挡 (遮擋)zhē dǎngto shelter; to shelter from
庇护所 (庇護所)bì hù suǒshelter; refuge; sanctuary
掩蔽yǎn bìshelter; screen; cover; protection
隐藏 (隱藏)yǐn cángto hide; to conceal
收留所shōu liú suǒshelter; refuge

Related words

Other words that share a character with 庇护.

WordPinyinMeaning
包庇bāo bìto shield; to harbor
庇护所 (庇護所)bì hù suǒshelter; refuge; sanctuary
庇佑bì yòuto bless; to protect
庇荫 (庇蔭)bì yìnto give shade (of a tree etc); to shield
托庇tuō bìto rely on sb for protection
保护 (保護)bǎo hùto protect; to defend
维护 (維護)wéi hùto defend; to safeguard
护士 (護士)hù shinurse

See also: Japanese symbol for “shelter”.

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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