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Chinese symbol for “puppet”

傀儡
kuǐ lěi
(lit. and fig.) puppet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for puppet is 傀儡 (kuǐ lěi), defined as: (lit. and fig.) puppet.

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

傀 kuǐ
great, gigantic; puppet
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
儡 lěi
puppet, dummy
radical 9 ⼈ · 17 strokes

Other Chinese words for “puppet”

WordPinyinMeaning
木偶mù ǒupuppet
人偶rén ǒupuppet; figure

Related words

Other words that share a character with 傀儡.

WordPinyinMeaning
傀儡政权 (傀儡政權)kuǐ lěi zhèng quánpuppet state; puppet regime
傀儡戏 (傀儡戲)kuǐ lěi xìpuppet show

See also: Japanese symbol for “puppet”.

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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