Chinese symbol for “appeal”
上诉
shàng sù
Traditional: 上訴
to appeal (a judicial case); appeal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for appeal is 上诉 (shàng sù), defined as: to appeal (a judicial case); appeal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “appeal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诉诸 (訴諸) | sù zhū | to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc); to resort to (a course of action) |
| 诉愿 (訴願) | sù yuàn | to appeal; an appeal (law) |
| 感召力 | gǎn zhào lì | appeal; attraction |
| 呼吁 (呼籲) | hū yù | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to) |
| 号召 (號召) | hào zhào | to call; to appeal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 上诉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body; at hand |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | to add; plus; in addition; moreover |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of; above-mentioned |
| 实际上 (實際上) | shí jì shàng | in fact; in reality |
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 起诉 (起訴) | qǐ sù | to sue; to bring a lawsuit against |
See also: Japanese symbol for “appeal”.
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.