Chinese symbol for “disciples”
徒子徒孙
tú zǐ tú sūn
Traditional: 徒子徒孫
(idiom) disciples; followers
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disciples is 徒子徒孙 (tú zǐ tú sūn), defined as: (idiom) disciples; followers.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 徒子徒孙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信徒 | xìn tú | believer |
| 教徒 | jiào tú | disciple; follower of a religion |
| 徒刑 | tú xíng | prison sentence |
| 有期徒刑 | yǒu qī tú xíng | limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) |
| 徒弟 | tú dì | apprentice; disciple |
| 叛徒 | pàn tú | traitor; turncoat |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 孙子 (孫子) | sūn zi | grandson; son's son |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disciples”.
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.