Chinese symbol for “leadership”
领导力
lǐng dǎo lì
Traditional: 領導力
leadership (capacity to lead)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for leadership is 领导力 (lǐng dǎo lì), defined as: leadership (capacity to lead).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “leadership”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领导班子 (領導班子) | lǐng dǎo bān zi | leadership group; the leadership |
| 主导性 (主導性) | zhǔ dǎo xìng | leadership |
| 领导能力 (領導能力) | lǐng dǎo néng lì | leadership (ability) |
| 领导统御 (領導統御) | lǐng dǎo tǒng yù | (Tw) leadership |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 领导力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 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 |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “leadership”.
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.