Chinese symbol for “subpoena”
拘传
jū chuán
Traditional: 拘傳
subpoena; to summon (for questioning)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subpoena is 拘传 (jū chuán), defined as: subpoena; to summon (for questioning).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subpoena”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 传讯 (傳訊) | chuán xùn | (law) to summon (a witness); to subpoena; to arraign (an offender); (Tw) to send a message; to message sb (abbr. for 传送讯息 (chuán sòng xùn xī)) |
| 传唤 (傳喚) | chuán huàn | a summons (to the police); subpoena |
| 传票 (傳票) | chuán piào | summons; subpoena |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拘传.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 拘捕 | jū bǔ | to arrest |
| 拘束 | jū shù | to restrict; to restrain |
| 拘留所 | jū liú suǒ | detention center; prison |
| 拘禁 | jū jìn | constraint; to detain |
| 拘役 | jū yì | detention |
| 传统 (傳統) | chuán tǒng | tradition; traditional |
| 宣传 (宣傳) | xuān chuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subpoena”.
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.