Chinese symbol for “influential”
举足轻重
jǔ zú qīng zhòng
Traditional: 舉足輕重
to play a critical role (idiom); influential
The closest CC-CEDICT match for influential is 举足轻重 (jǔ zú qīng zhòng), defined as: to play a critical role (idiom); influential.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “influential”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有影响 (有影響) | yǒu yǐng xiǎng | influential |
| 重量级 (重量級) | zhòng liàng jí | (sports) heavyweight class; (fig.) important; major; prominent; influential |
| 显达 (顯達) | xiǎn dá | illustrious; influential |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 举足轻重.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 选举 (選舉) | xuǎn jǔ | to elect; election |
| 举办 (舉辦) | jǔ bàn | to conduct; to hold (an event) |
| 举报 (舉報) | jǔ bào | to report (malefactors to the police); to denounce |
| 举动 (舉動) | jǔ dòng | act; action |
| 举措 (舉措) | jǔ cuò | move; act; measure |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
| 满足 (滿足) | mǎn zú | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of) |
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
See also: Japanese symbol for “influential”.
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.