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Chinese symbol for “critic”

评论家
píng lùn jiā
Traditional: 評論家
critic; reviewer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for critic is 评论家 (píng lùn jiā), defined as: critic; reviewer.

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

评 píng
to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
论 lùn
debate; discussion
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “critic”

WordPinyinMeaning
批评家 (批評家)pī píng jiācritic
批评者 (批評者)pī píng zhěcritic; detractor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 评论家.

WordPinyinMeaning
评论 (評論)píng lùnto comment on; to discuss
批评 (批評)pī píngto criticize; criticism; measure word: 次 (cì), 番 (fān)
评价 (評價)píng jiàto evaluate; to assess
评估 (評估)píng gūto evaluate; to assess
好评 (好評)hǎo píngfavorable criticism; positive evaluation
评审 (評審)píng shěnto appraise; to evaluate
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)
讨论 (討論)tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “critic”.

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.

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