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Chinese symbol for “initiator”

创始人
chuàng shǐ rén
Traditional: 創始人
creator; founder; initiator

The closest CC-CEDICT match for initiator is 创始人 (chuàng shǐ rén), defined as: creator; founder; initiator.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

创 chuàng
to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
始 shǐ
to begin, to start; beginning
radical 38 ⼥ · 8 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “initiator”

WordPinyinMeaning
创始者 (創始者)chuàng shǐ zhěcreator; initiator
发起人 (發起人)fā qǐ rénproposer; initiator

Related words

Other words that share a character with 创始人.

WordPinyinMeaning
创新 (創新)chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
创造 (創造)chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
创作 (創作)chuàng zuòto create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
创建 (創建)chuàng jiànto found; to establish
创业 (創業)chuàng yèto begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship
创立 (創立)chuàng lìto establish; to set up; to found
开始 (開始)kāi shǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
始终 (始終)shǐ zhōngfrom beginning to end; all along
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “initiator”.

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.