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Chinese symbol for “respondent”

受访者
shòu fǎng zhě
Traditional: 受訪者
participant in a survey; interviewee; respondent

The closest CC-CEDICT match for respondent is 受访者 (shòu fǎng zhě), defined as: participant in a survey; interviewee; respondent.

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

受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
访 fǎng
to visit; to inquire, to ask
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “respondent”

WordPinyinMeaning
被访者 (被訪者)bèi fǎng zhěrespondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 受访者.

WordPinyinMeaning
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
享受xiǎng shòuto enjoy; to live it up
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim
访问 (訪問)fǎng wènto visit; to call on (a person or place); (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc)
采访 (採訪)cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “respondent”.

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.