Chinese symbol for “petition”
请愿
qǐng yuàn
Traditional: 請願
to petition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for petition is 请愿 (qǐng yuàn), defined as: to petition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “petition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 请愿书 (請願書) | qǐng yuàn shū | petition |
| 诉求 (訴求) | sù qiú | to demand; to call for; to petition; demand; wish; request |
| 呈文 | chéng wén | petition (submitted to a superior) |
| 呈 | chéng | to present to a superior; memorial |
| 征求 (徵求) | zhēng qiú | to solicit; to seek |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 请愿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 申请 (申請) | shēn qǐng | to apply for sth; application form (CL:份 (fèn)) |
| 邀请 (邀請) | yāo qǐng | to invite; invitation |
| 请求 (請求) | qǐng qiú | to request; to ask; request (个 (gè)) |
| 请问 (請問) | qǐng wèn | Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 聘请 (聘請) | pìn qǐng | to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc) |
| 愿意 (願意) | yuàn yì | to wish; to want |
| 愿望 (願望) | yuàn wàng | desire; wish |
| 自愿 (自願) | zì yuàn | voluntary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “petition”.
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.