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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “puppet”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 傀儡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 傀儡政权 (傀儡政權) | kuǐ lěi zhèng quán | puppet state; puppet regime |
| 傀儡戏 (傀儡戲) | kuǐ lěi xì | puppet 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.