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Chinese symbol for “diplomat”

外交官
wài jiāo guān
diplomat

The closest CC-CEDICT match for diplomat is 外交官 (wài jiāo guān), defined as: diplomat.

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Characters and stroke order

外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes
交 jiāo
to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
官 guān
official, public servant
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “diplomat”

WordPinyinMeaning
外交家wài jiāo jiādiplomat
使领官员 (使領官員)shǐ lǐng guān yuánambassador and consul; diplomat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外交官.

WordPinyinMeaning
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country
国外 (國外)guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
之外zhī wàioutside; excluding
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)

See also: Japanese symbol for “diplomat”.

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.