Chinese symbol for “vagrant”
游民
yóu mín
Traditional: 遊民
vagrant; vagabond
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vagrant is 游民 (yóu mín), defined as: vagrant; vagabond.
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 “vagrant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浪人 | làng rén | vagrant; unemployed person |
| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about; to wander |
| 流浪者 | liú làng zhě | rover; vagabond |
| 无业游民 (無業遊民) | wú yè yóu mín | unemployed person; vagrant |
| 飘忽不定 (飄忽不定) | piāo hū bù dìng | to drift without a resting place (idiom); roving |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 游民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游戏 (遊戲) | yóu xì | game (场 (chǎng)); to play |
| 旅游 (旅遊) | lǚ yóu | trip; journey |
| 游行 (遊行) | yóu xíng | to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming; to swim |
| 下游 | xià yóu | lower reaches (of a river); lower level |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vagrant”.
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.