Chinese symbol for “tradition”
传统
chuán tǒng
Traditional: 傳統
tradition; traditional
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tradition is 传统 (chuán tǒng), defined as: tradition; traditional.
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 “tradition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正统 (正統) | zhèng tǒng | orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional |
| 习俗 (習俗) | xí sú | custom; tradition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 传统.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣传 (宣傳) | xuān chuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to |
| 传播 (傳播) | chuán bō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 传说 (傳說) | chuán shuō | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 上传 (上傳) | shàng chuán | to upload |
| 传递 (傳遞) | chuán dì | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive |
| 系统 (系統) | xì tǒng | system; 个 (gè) |
| 总统 (總統) | zǒng tǒng | president (of a country) |
| 统一 (統一) | tǒng yī | to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tradition”.
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.