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Chinese symbol for “strategist”

战略家
zhàn lüè jiā
Traditional: 戰略家
a strategist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for strategist is 战略家 (zhàn lüè jiā), defined as: a strategist.

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

战 zhàn
war, fighting, battle
radical 62 ⼽ · 9 strokes
略 lüè
approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot
radical 102 ⽥ · 11 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “strategist”

WordPinyinMeaning
策士cè shìstrategist; counsellor on military strategy
谋士 (謀士)móu shìskilled manipulator; tactician

Related words

Other words that share a character with 战略家.

WordPinyinMeaning
战争 (戰爭)zhàn zhēngwar; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì)
战略 (戰略)zhàn lüèstrategy
战斗 (戰鬥)zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat
挑战 (挑戰)tiǎo zhànto challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
作战 (作戰)zuò zhàncombat; to fight
战士 (戰士)zhàn shìfighter; soldier
策略cè lüèstrategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
忽略hū lüèto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “strategist”.

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.