Chinese symbol for “revolutionary”
革命家
gé mìng jiā
a revolutionary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for revolutionary is 革命家 (gé mìng jiā), defined as: a revolutionary.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “revolutionary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 革命性 | gé mìng xìng | revolutionary |
| 革命 | gé mìng | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution |
| 红 (紅) | hóng | red; popular |
| 红色 (紅色) | hóng sè | red (color); revolutionary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 革命家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 革命 | gé mìng | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 变革 (變革) | biàn gé | to transform; to change |
| 革新 | gé xīn | to innovate; innovation |
| 反革命 | fǎn gé mìng | counterrevolutionary |
| 沿革 | yán gé | evolution of sth over time; course of development |
| 生命 | shēng mìng | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (条 (tiáo)) |
| 命令 | mìng lìng | order; command |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “revolutionary”.
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.