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Chinese symbol for “steward”

纠察
jiū chá
Traditional: 糾察
to maintain order; steward (policing a meeting)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for steward is 纠察 (jiū chá), defined as: to maintain order; steward (policing a meeting).

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

纠 jiū
tangled; to investigate, to unravel
radical 120 ⽷ · 5 strokes
察 chá
to examine, to investigate, to observe
radical 40 ⼧ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “steward”

WordPinyinMeaning
协管员 (協管員)xié guǎn yuánassistant manager; steward
茶房chá fángwaiter; steward
管家guǎn jiā(old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper
协管 (協管)xié guǎnto assist in managing (e.g. traffic police or crowd control); to steward

Related words

Other words that share a character with 纠察.

WordPinyinMeaning
纠纷 (糾紛)jiū fēndispute
纠正 (糾正)jiū zhèngto correct; to make right
纠缠 (糾纏)jiū chánto be in a tangle; to nag
纠结 (糾結)jiū jiéto intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled
纠葛 (糾葛)jiū géentanglement; dispute
纠错 (糾錯)jiū cuòto correct an error
警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
观察 (觀察)guān cháto observe; to watch; to survey

See also: Japanese symbol for “steward”.

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.

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