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Chinese symbol for “simpleton”

憨子
hān zi
(dialect) simpleton; idiot; fool

The closest CC-CEDICT match for simpleton is 憨子 (hān zi), defined as: (dialect) simpleton; idiot; fool.

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

憨 hān
silly, foolish; coquettish
radical 61 ⼼ · 15 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 憨子.

WordPinyinMeaning
憨厚hān housimple and honest; straightforward
憨直hān zhíhonest and straightforward
憨态可掬 (憨態可掬)hān tài kě jū(of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable; cute
喜憨儿 (喜憨兒)xǐ hān ér(Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)
憨态 (憨態)hān tàinaive and innocent look
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “simpleton”.

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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