Chinese symbol for “induce”
诱导
yòu dǎo
Traditional: 誘導
to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) to induce
The closest CC-CEDICT match for induce is 诱导 (yòu dǎo), defined as: to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) to induce.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “induce”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诱发 (誘發) | yòu fā | to induce; to cause |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to prompt; to induce; to spur |
| 诱惑 (誘惑) | yòu huò | to entice; to lure |
| 导出 (導出) | dǎo chū | to derive; derived |
| 𫍲 (謏) | sǒu | to induce |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 诱导.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诱惑 (誘惑) | yòu huò | to entice; to lure |
| 诱人 (誘人) | yòu rén | attractive; alluring; captivating |
| 引诱 (引誘) | yǐn yòu | to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap) |
| 诱发 (誘發) | yòu fā | to induce; to cause |
| 诱饵 (誘餌) | yòu ěr | bait |
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 指导 (指導) | zhǐ dǎo | to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “induce”.
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.