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Chinese symbol for “tenant”

房客
fáng kè
tenant

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tenant is 房客 (fáng kè), defined as: tenant.

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

房 fáng
building, house, room
radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes
客 kè
guest, traveller; customer
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tenant”

WordPinyinMeaning
租客zū kètenant
租户 (租戶)zū hùtenant; person who leases
住客zhù kèhotel guest; tenant
承租人chéng zū rénleaser; tenant

Related words

Other words that share a character with 房客.

WordPinyinMeaning
房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story)
房间 (房間)fáng jiānroom; 间 (jiān)
房屋fáng wūhouse; building
房地产 (房地產)fáng dì chǎnreal estate
住房zhù fánghousing
厨房 (廚房)chú fángkitchen; 间 (jiān)
客户 (客戶)kè hùclient; customer
游客 (遊客)yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player

See also: Japanese symbol for “tenant”.

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.