Chinese symbol for “leading”
主导
zhǔ dǎo
Traditional: 主導
leading; dominant; prevailing; to lead
The closest CC-CEDICT match for leading is 主导 (zhǔ dǎo), defined as: leading; dominant; prevailing; to lead; to direct; to dominate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “leading”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领衔 (領銜) | lǐng xián | leading (role); heading list of signatories |
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 居首 | jū shǒu | leading; in first place |
| 头 (頭) | tóu | head; hair style |
| 领军 (領軍) | lǐng jūn | to lead troups; (fig.) to lead |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 主导.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
See also: Japanese symbol for “leading”.
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.