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Chinese symbol for “advocate”

主张
zhǔ zhāng
Traditional: 主張
to advocate; to stand for; view; position

The closest CC-CEDICT match for advocate is 主张 (zhǔ zhāng), defined as: to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition.

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

主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
张 zhāng
to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
radical 57 ⼸ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “advocate”

WordPinyinMeaning
倡导 (倡導)chàng dǎoto advocate; to initiate
提倡tí chàngto promote; to advocate
崇尚chóng shàngto hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem
推手tuī shǒupromoter; advocate
倡导者 (倡導者)chàng dǎo zhěproponent; advocate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 主张.

WordPinyinMeaning
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier
主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
紧张 (緊張)jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up
扩张 (擴張)kuò zhāngexpansion; dilation
夸张 (誇張)kuā zhāngto exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated

See also: Japanese symbol for “advocate”.

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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