Chinese symbol for “chancellor”
大臣
dà chén
chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chancellor is 大臣 (dà chén), defined as: chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “chancellor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 校监 (校監) | xiào jiān | chancellor (of a university) |
| 掌玺大臣 (掌璽大臣) | zhǎng xǐ dà chén | chancellor (rank in various European states); grand chancellor |
| 掌玺官 (掌璽官) | zhǎng xǐ guān | chancellor (rank in various European states) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大臣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 功臣 | gōng chén | meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero |
| 臣民 | chén mín | subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chancellor”.
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.