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Chinese symbol for “adherent”

追随者
zhuī suí zhě
Traditional: 追隨者
follower; adherent; following

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adherent is 追随者 (zhuī suí zhě), defined as: follower; adherent; following.

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

追 zhuī
to pursue, to chase after; to expel
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
随 suí
to follow, to listen to, to submit to
radical 170 ⾩ · 11 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 追随者.

WordPinyinMeaning
追求zhuī qiúto pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after
追踪 (追蹤)zhuī zōngto track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
追究zhuī jiūto investigate; to look into
追加zhuī jiāto add something extra; an additional increment
追逐zhuī zhúto chase; to pursue vigorously
追溯zhuī sùlit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to
随着 (隨著)suí zhealong with; in the wake of
随后 (隨後)suí hòuafterward; later; subsequently; following that
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “adherent”.

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.