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Chinese symbol for “creditor”

债权人
zhài quán rén
Traditional: 債權人
creditor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for creditor is 债权人 (zhài quán rén), defined as: creditor.

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Characters and stroke order

债 zhài
debt, loan, liability
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
权 quán
authority, power, right
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “creditor”

WordPinyinMeaning
债主 (債主)zhài zhǔcreditor
贷方 (貸方)dài fāngcredit side (of a balance sheet); creditor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 债权人.

WordPinyinMeaning
债务 (債務)zhài wùdebt; liability
债券 (債券)zhài quànbond; debenture
负债 (負債)fù zhàito be in debt; to incur debts
国债 (國債)guó zhàinational debt; government debt
债权 (債權)zhài quáncreditor's rights (law)
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
权力 (權力)quán lìpower; authority
政权 (政權)zhèng quánregime; political power
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “creditor”.

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.