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Chinese symbol for “wc”

卫生间
wèi shēng jiān
Traditional: 衛生間
bathroom; toilet; WC; 间 (jiān)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wc is 卫生间 (wèi shēng jiān), defined as: bathroom; toilet; WC; 间 (jiān).

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

卫 wèi
to guard, to protect, to defend
radical 26 ⼙ · 3 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
间 jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卫生间.

WordPinyinMeaning
卫生 (衛生)wèi shēnghygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation
卫星 (衛星)wèi xīng(aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon
保卫 (保衛)bǎo wèito defend; to safeguard
捍卫 (捍衛)hàn wèito defend; to uphold; to safeguard
卫视 (衛視)wèi shìsatellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视 (wèi xīng diàn shì))
防卫 (防衛)fáng wèito defend; defensive
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time

See also: Japanese symbol for “wc”.

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.