Chinese symbol for “patriarch”
家长
jiā zhǎng
Traditional: 家長
head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patriarch is 家长 (jiā zhǎng), defined as: head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “patriarch”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 家长.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; 户 (hù) |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patriarch”.
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.