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Chinese symbol for “traveler”

游客
yóu kè
Traditional: 遊客
traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player

The closest CC-CEDICT match for traveler is 游客 (yóu kè), defined as: traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player.

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

游 yóu
to wander, to travel, to tour, to roam
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes
客 kè
guest, traveller; customer
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “traveler”

WordPinyinMeaning
旅客lǚ kètraveler; tourist
旅行者lǚ xíng zhětraveler
行旅xíng lǚtraveler; wanderer
征人zhēng réntraveler (on a long journey); participant in an expedition
征夫zhēng fūtraveler; soldier on expedition

Related words

Other words that share a character with 游客.

WordPinyinMeaning
游戏 (遊戲)yóu xìgame (场 (chǎng)); to play
旅游 (旅遊)lǚ yóutrip; journey
游行 (遊行)yóu xíngto march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration
游泳yóu yǒngswimming; to swim
下游xià yóulower reaches (of a river); lower level
客户 (客戶)kè hùclient; customer
博客bó kè(loanword) a blog; a blogger
顾客 (顧客)gù kècustomer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi)

See also: Japanese symbol for “traveler”.

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.