Chinese symbol for “leader”
领导人
lǐng dǎo rén
Traditional: 領導人
leader
The closest CC-CEDICT match for leader is 领导人 (lǐng dǎo rén), defined as: leader.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “leader”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 领导者 (領導者) | lǐng dǎo zhě | leader |
| 头儿 (頭兒) | tóu r | leader |
| 头头 (頭頭) | tóu tou | (coll.) leader; person in charge |
| 带头人 (帶頭人) | dài tóu rén | leader |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 领导人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 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 |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “leader”.
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.