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Chinese symbol for “clout”

话语权
huà yǔ quán
Traditional: 話語權
ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout

The closest CC-CEDICT match for clout is 话语权 (huà yǔ quán), defined as: ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout.

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

话 huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes
语 yǔ
words, language; saying, expression
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes
权 quán
authority, power, right
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 话语权.

WordPinyinMeaning
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
的话 (的話)de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
说话 (說話)shuō huàto speak; to say
讲话 (講話)jiǎng huàa speech; to speak
对话 (對話)duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
话题 (話題)huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)
语音 (語音)yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth

See also: Japanese symbol for “clout”.

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.