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Chinese symbol for “prevailing”

主导
zhǔ dǎo
Traditional: 主導
leading; dominant; prevailing; to lead

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prevailing is 主导 (zhǔ dǎo), defined as: leading; dominant; prevailing; to lead; to direct; to dominate.

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

主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
导 dǎo
to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
radical 41 ⼨ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 主导.

WordPinyinMeaning
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier
主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
主张 (主張)zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for
领导 (領導)lǐng dǎolead; leading
导致 (導致)dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about

See also: Japanese symbol for “prevailing”.

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.

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