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Chinese symbol for “spinster”

老处女
lǎo chǔ nǚ
Traditional: 老處女
unmarried old woman; spinster

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spinster is 老处女 (lǎo chǔ nǚ), defined as: unmarried old woman; spinster.

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

老 lǎo
old, aged; experienced
radical 125 ⽼ · 6 strokes
处 chǔ
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
radical 34 ⼡ · 5 strokes
女 nǚ
woman, girl; female
radical 38 ⼥ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 老处女.

WordPinyinMeaning
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher
老婆lǎo pó(coll.) wife
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly
老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish
处于 (處於)chǔ yúto be in (some state, position, or condition)
到处 (到處)dào chùeverywhere
女人nǚ rénwoman

See also: Japanese symbol for “spinster”.

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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