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Chinese symbol for “proponent”

倡导者
chàng dǎo zhě
Traditional: 倡導者
proponent; advocate; pioneer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for proponent is 倡导者 (chàng dǎo zhě), defined as: proponent; advocate; pioneer.

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

倡 chàng
guide, leader; lead, introduce
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
导 dǎo
to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
radical 41 ⼨ · 6 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “proponent”

WordPinyinMeaning
提倡者tí chàng zhěproponent; advocate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 倡导者.

WordPinyinMeaning
提倡tí chàngto promote; to advocate
倡导 (倡導)chàng dǎoto advocate; to initiate
倡议 (倡議)chàng yìto suggest; to initiate
反腐倡廉fǎn fǔ chàng liánto fight corruption and advocate probity
倡议书 (倡議書)chàng yì shūwritten proposal; document outlining an initiative
领导 (領導)lǐng dǎolead; leading
导致 (導致)dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
指导 (指導)zhǐ dǎoto guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “proponent”.

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.