Chinese symbol for “protest”
抗议
kàng yì
Traditional: 抗議
to protest; protest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for protest is 抗议 (kàng yì), defined as: to protest; protest.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “protest”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抗议.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 对抗 (對抗) | duì kàng | to withstand; to resist |
| 反抗 | fǎn kàng | to resist; to rebel |
| 抗日 | kàng Rì | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) |
| 抗战 (抗戰) | kàng zhàn | war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist; resistance |
| 会议 (會議) | huì yì | meeting; conference |
| 建议 (建議) | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn)) |
| 协议 (協議) | xié yì | agreement; pact |
See also: Japanese symbol for “protest”.
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.