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Chinese symbol for “unmarried”

单身
dān shēn
Traditional: 單身
unmarried; single; alone

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unmarried is 单身 (dān shēn), defined as: unmarried; single; alone.

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

单 dān
single, individual, only; lone
radical 24 ⼗ · 8 strokes
身 shēn
body, torso; person; pregnancy
radical 158 ⾝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unmarried”

WordPinyinMeaning
未婚wèi hūnunmarried
独身 (獨身)dú shēnunmarried; single; alone

Related words

Other words that share a character with 单身.

WordPinyinMeaning
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
简单 (簡單)jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated
名单 (名單)míng dānlist of names
单独 (單獨)dān dúalone; by oneself
单纯 (單純)dān chúnsimple; pure
单一 (單一)dān yīsingle; only
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
身上shēn shangon the body; at hand

See also: Japanese symbol for “unmarried”.

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.

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