Chinese symbol for “orchestrate”

主使

zhǔ shǐ

to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind

The closest CC-CEDICT match for orchestrate is 主使 (zhǔ shǐ), defined as: to mastermind; to orchestrate; to instigate; mastermind; instigator.

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Characters and stroke order

主 zhǔ

to own; to host; master; host; lord

radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes

使 shǐ

cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador

radical 9 ⼈ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 主使.

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
使用	shǐ yòng	to use; to employ
即使	jí shǐ	even if; even though

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.