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Chinese symbol for “promoter”

推手
tuī shǒu
promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for promoter is 推手 (tuī shǒu), defined as: promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi).

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

推 tuī
to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
手 shǒu
hand
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “promoter”

WordPinyinMeaning
启动子 (啟動子)qǐ dòng zipromoter
穴头 (穴頭)xué tou(show business) promoter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 推手.

WordPinyinMeaning
推动 (推動)tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推出tuī chūto push out; to release
推荐 (推薦)tuī jiànto recommend
推进 (推進)tuī jìnto impel; to carry forward
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
推翻tuī fānto overthrow
手机 (手機)shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)
手段shǒu duànmethod; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability

See also: Japanese symbol for “promoter”.

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.