Chinese symbol for “subjective”
主观
zhǔ guān
Traditional: 主觀
subjective
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subjective is 主观 (zhǔ guān), defined as: subjective.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subjective”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 武断 (武斷) | wǔ duàn | arbitrary; subjective |
| 臆 | yì | (bound form) chest; breast; (bound form) inner feelings; subjective |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 主观.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 观众 (觀眾) | guān zhòng | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subjective”.
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.