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Chinese symbol for “vigilante”

义警
yì jǐng
Traditional: 義警
vigilante; volunteer (police)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vigilante is 义警 (yì jǐng), defined as: vigilante; volunteer (police).

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

义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes
警 jǐng
to guard, to watch; alarm, alert
radical 149 ⾔ · 19 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 义警.

WordPinyinMeaning
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning
主义 (主義)zhǔ yì-ism; ideology
社会主义 (社會主義)shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
正义 (正義)zhèng yìjustice; righteousness; just; righteous
定义 (定義)dìng yìdefinition; to define
名义 (名義)míng yìname; titular
警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
警方jǐng fāngpolice

See also: Japanese symbol for “vigilante”.

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.