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Chinese symbol for “veteran”

退伍军人
tuì wǔ jūn rén
Traditional: 退伍軍人
veteran

The closest CC-CEDICT match for veteran is 退伍军人 (tuì wǔ jūn rén), defined as: veteran.

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

退 tuì
to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
伍 wǔ
five, company of five; troops
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
军 jūn
army, military; soldiers, troops
radical 14 ⼍ · 6 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “veteran”

WordPinyinMeaning
资深 (資深)zī shēnsenior; highly experienced; veteran
老兵lǎo bīngold soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
老资格 (老資格)lǎo zī géveteran
元老yuán lǎosenior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
行家háng jiāconnoisseur; expert; veteran

Related words

Other words that share a character with 退伍军人.

WordPinyinMeaning
退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
撤退chè tuìto retreat
衰退shuāi tuìto decline; to fall
倒退dào tuìto fall back; to go in reverse
退役tuì yì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
队伍 (隊伍)duì wǔtroops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team
退伍tuì wǔto be discharged from military service
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “veteran”.

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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