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Chinese symbol for “statesman”

政治家
zhèng zhì jiā
statesman; politician; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for statesman is 政治家 (zhèng zhì jiā), defined as: statesman; politician; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng).

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

政 zhèng
government, politics
radical 66 ⽁ · 9 strokes
治 zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “statesman”

WordPinyinMeaning
政治人物zhèng zhì rén wùpolitical figure; politician

Related words

Other words that share a character with 政治家.

WordPinyinMeaning
政府zhèng fǔgovernment; 个 (gè)
政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political
政策zhèng cèpolicy; 个 (gè)
行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
政权 (政權)zhèng quánregime; political power
政党 (政黨)zhèng dǎngpolitical party; 个 (gè)
治疗 (治療)zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
统治 (統治)tǒng zhìto rule (a country); to govern
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “statesman”.

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.