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Chinese symbol for “president”

总统
zǒng tǒng
Traditional: 總統
president (of a country)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for president is 总统 (zǒng tǒng), defined as: president (of a country).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

总 zǒng
to gather, to collect; overall, altogether
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes
统 tǒng
to govern, to command; to gather, to unite
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “president”

WordPinyinMeaning
校长 (校長)xiào zhǎng(college, university) president; headmaster
大总统 (大總統)dà zǒng tǒngpresident (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912–1928)
国家主席 (國家主席)guó jiā zhǔ xípresident (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 总统.

WordPinyinMeaning
总是 (總是)zǒng shìalways
总理 (總理)zǒng lǐpremier; prime minister
总结 (總結)zǒng jiéto sum up; to conclude
总部 (總部)zǒng bùheadquarters
总之 (總之)zǒng zhīin a word; in short
系统 (系統)xì tǒngsystem; 个 (gè)
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
统一 (統一)tǒng yīto unify; to integrate; unified; integrated

See also: Japanese symbol for “president”.

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.