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Chinese symbol for “watchman”

看守者
kān shǒu zhě
watchman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for watchman is 看守者 (kān shǒu zhě), defined as: watchman.

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

看 kān
to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
守 shǒu
to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
radical 40 ⼧ · 6 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “watchman”

WordPinyinMeaning
看门人 (看門人)kān mén rénjanitor; watchman

Related words

Other words that share a character with 看守者.

WordPinyinMeaning
看到kàn dàoto see
看看kàn kanto take a look at; to examine
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
看来 (看來)kàn laiapparently; it seems that
看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
遵守zūn shǒuto comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
保守bǎo shǒuconservative; to guard
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “watchman”.

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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