Chinese symbol for “gladiator”
角斗士
jiǎo dòu shì
Traditional: 角鬥士
gladiator
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gladiator is 角斗士 (jiǎo dòu shì), defined as: gladiator.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 角斗士.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle; (fig.) point of view |
| 主角 | zhǔ jué | leading role; lead; protagonist |
| 角落 | jiǎo luò | corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook |
| 视角 (視角) | shì jiǎo | angle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference |
| 三角 | sān jiǎo | triangle; (math.) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角学 (sān jiǎo xué)) |
| 战斗 (戰鬥) | zhàn dòu | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
| 人士 | rén shì | person; figure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gladiator”.
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.