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Chinese symbol for “debtor”

债务人
zhài wù rén
Traditional: 債務人
debtor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for debtor is 债务人 (zhài wù rén), defined as: debtor.

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Characters and stroke order

债 zhài
debt, loan, liability
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
务 wù
affairs, business; should; must
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “debtor”

WordPinyinMeaning
借债人 (借債人)jiè zhài réndebtor; borrower
债户 (債戶)zhài hùdebtor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 债务人.

WordPinyinMeaning
债务 (債務)zhài wùdebt; liability
债券 (債券)zhài quànbond; debenture
债权人 (債權人)zhài quán réncreditor
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)
服务 (服務)fú wùto serve; service
任务 (任務)rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng)
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “debtor”.

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.