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Chinese symbol for “chairman”

总裁
zǒng cái
Traditional: 總裁
chairman; director-general (of a company etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chairman is 总裁 (zǒng cái), defined as: chairman; director-general (of a company etc).

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

总 zǒng
to gather, to collect; overall, altogether
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes
裁 cái
to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “chairman”

WordPinyinMeaning
议长 (議長)yì zhǎngchairman (of a legislative assembly); speaker
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier
董座dǒng zuò(Tw) chairman (of a board of directors)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 总裁.

WordPinyinMeaning
总统 (總統)zǒng tǒngpresident (of a country)
总是 (總是)zǒng shìalways
总理 (總理)zǒng lǐpremier; prime minister
总结 (總結)zǒng jiéto sum up; to conclude
总部 (總部)zǒng bùheadquarters
总之 (總之)zǒng zhīin a word; in short
制裁zhì cáito punish; punishment
独裁 (獨裁)dú cáidictatorship

See also: Japanese symbol for “chairman”.

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.