Chinese symbol for “tailor”
裁缝
cái feng
Traditional: 裁縫
tailor; dressmaker
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tailor is 裁缝 (cái feng), defined as: tailor; dressmaker.
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 “tailor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剪裁 | jiǎn cái | to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure) |
| 裁缝师 (裁縫師) | cái féng shī | tailor |
| 裁制 (裁製) | cái zhì | to tailor; to make clothes |
| 缝衣匠 (縫衣匠) | féng yī jiàng | tailor |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 裁缝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总裁 (總裁) | zǒng cái | chairman; director-general (of a company etc) |
| 制裁 | zhì cái | to punish; punishment |
| 独裁 (獨裁) | dú cái | dictatorship |
| 裁决 (裁決) | cái jué | ruling; adjudication |
| 裁判 | cái pàn | (law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee |
| 裁定 | cái dìng | ruling |
| 裂缝 (裂縫) | liè fèng | crack; crevice |
| 缝隙 (縫隙) | fèng xì | small crack; chink |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tailor”.
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.