Chinese symbol for “staff”
人员
rén yuán
Traditional: 人員
staff; crew; personnel; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for staff is 人员 (rén yuán), defined as: staff; crew; personnel; 个 (gè).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “staff”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 员工 (員工) | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 杖 | zhàng | a staff; a rod |
| 五线谱 (五線譜) | wǔ xiàn pǔ | (music) staff; stave |
| 棍棒 | gùn bàng | club; staff; stick |
| 队伍 (隊伍) | duì wǔ | troops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 人员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
| 成员 (成員) | chéng yuán | member |
| 官员 (官員) | guān yuán | official (in an organization or government); administrator |
See also: Japanese symbol for “staff”.
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.