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Chinese symbol for “spokesperson”

发言人
fā yán rén
Traditional: 發言人
spokesperson

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spokesperson is 发言人 (fā yán rén), defined as: spokesperson.

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

发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
言 yán
words, speech; to speak, to say
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “spokesperson”

WordPinyinMeaning
代言人dài yán rénspokesperson
报告员 (報告員)bào gào yuánspokesperson; announcer
喉舌hóu shémouthpiece; spokesperson
话筒 (話筒)huà tǒngmicrophone; (telephone) receiver; handset

Related words

Other words that share a character with 发言人.

WordPinyinMeaning
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)
而言ér yán(typically preceded by 就… (jiù xx) or 对… (duì xx) etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
发言 (發言)fā yánto make a speech; statement
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “spokesperson”.

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.