Chinese symbol for “introduction”
导论
dǎo lùn
Traditional: 導論
introduction
The closest CC-CEDICT match for introduction is 导论 (dǎo lùn), defined as: introduction.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “introduction”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引子 | yǐn zi | introduction; primer |
| 介绍 (介紹) | jiè shào | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation |
| 绪论 (緒論) | xù lùn | introduction; introductory chapter |
| 导言 (導言) | dǎo yán | introduction; preamble |
| 引导 (引導) | yǐn dǎo | to guide; to lead (around) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 导论.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
See also: Japanese symbol for “introduction”.
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.