Chinese symbol for “director”
主任
zhǔ rèn
director; head; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for director is 主任 (zhǔ rèn), defined as: director; head; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “director”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 所长 (所長) | suǒ zhǎng | director; head of an institute, office or station |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 经理 (經理) | jīng lǐ | manager; director |
| 总监 (總監) | zǒng jiān | head; director (of an organizational unit) |
| 董 | dǒng | to supervise; to direct |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 主任.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 责任 (責任) | zé rèn | responsibility; duty; liability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “director”.
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.