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Chinese symbol for “tourism”

旅游
lǚ yóu
Traditional: 旅遊
trip; journey; tourism; travel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tourism is 旅游 (lǚ yóu), defined as: trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel.

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

旅 lǚ
journey, trip; to travel
radical 70 ⽅ · 10 strokes
游 yóu
to wander, to travel, to tour, to roam
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tourism”

WordPinyinMeaning
观光 (觀光)guān guāngto tour; sightseeing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 旅游.

WordPinyinMeaning
旅行lǚ xíngto travel; journey; trip
旅客lǚ kètraveler; tourist
旅馆 (旅館)lǚ guǎnhotel; measure word: 家 (jiā)
旅程lǚ chéngjourney; trip
旅游业 (旅遊業)lǚ yóu yètourism industry
游戏 (遊戲)yóu xìgame (场 (chǎng)); to play
游行 (遊行)yóu xíngto march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration
游客 (遊客)yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player

See also: Japanese symbol for “tourism”.

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.