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Chinese symbol for “loyalist”

义士
yì shì
Traditional: 義士
high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for loyalist is 义士 (yì shì), defined as: high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist.

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Characters and stroke order

义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes
士 shì
scholar, gentleman; soldier
radical 33 ⼠ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 义士.

WordPinyinMeaning
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning
主义 (主義)zhǔ yì-ism; ideology
社会主义 (社會主義)shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
正义 (正義)zhèng yìjustice; righteousness; just; righteous
定义 (定義)dìng yìdefinition; to define
名义 (名義)míng yìname; titular
人士rén shìperson; figure
博士bó shìdoctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade

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.