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Chinese symbol for “westerner”

洋人
yáng rén
foreigner; (esp.) Westerner

The closest CC-CEDICT match for westerner is 洋人 (yáng rén), defined as: foreigner; (esp.) Westerner.

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

洋 yáng
sea, ocean; western, foreign
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “westerner”

WordPinyinMeaning
老毛子lǎo máo ziWesterner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
西洋人xī yáng rénWesterner
鬼佬guǐ lǎoforeigner (Cantonese); Westerner

Related words

Other words that share a character with 洋人.

WordPinyinMeaning
海洋hǎi yángocean
大洋dà yángocean; (old) silver dollar
洋葱 (洋蔥)yáng cōngonion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
巡洋舰 (巡洋艦)xún yáng jiàncruiser (warship); battle cruiser
远洋 (遠洋)yuǎn yángdistant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast)
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “westerner”.

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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