Chinese symbol for “widow”
寡妇
guǎ fu
Traditional: 寡婦
widow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for widow is 寡妇 (guǎ fu), defined as: widow.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “widow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗孀 (遺孀) | yí shuāng | (formal) widow |
| 未亡人 | wèi wáng rén | widow (humble self-reference in former times) |
| 嫠 | lí | (bound form) widow |
| 孀 | shuāng | (bound form) widow |
| 孀妇 (孀婦) | shuāng fù | (formal) widow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 寡妇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寡头 (寡頭) | guǎ tóu | oligarch |
| 多寡 | duō guǎ | number; amount |
| 寡人 | guǎ rén | I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility) |
| 优柔寡断 (優柔寡斷) | yōu róu guǎ duàn | indecisive; irresolute |
| 沉默寡言 | chén mò guǎ yán | habitually silent (idiom); reticent |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
| 夫妇 (夫婦) | fū fù | a (married) couple; husband and wife |
| 媳妇 (媳婦) | xí fù | daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “widow”.
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.