Chinese symbol for “philosopher”
哲学家
zhé xué jiā
Traditional: 哲學家
philosopher
The closest CC-CEDICT match for philosopher is 哲学家 (zhé xué jiā), defined as: philosopher.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哲学家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哲学 (哲學) | zhé xué | philosophy |
| 哲理 | zhé lǐ | philosophic theory; philosophy |
| 哲人 | zhé rén | wise man |
| 哲学史 (哲學史) | zhé xué shǐ | history of philosophy |
| 明哲保身 | míng zhé bǎo shēn | a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom); to put one's own safety before matters of principle |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学校 (學校) | xué xiào | school; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “philosopher”.
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.