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Chinese symbol for “successor”

接班人
jiē bān rén
successor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for successor is 接班人 (jiē bān rén), defined as: successor.

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

接 jiē
to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
班 bān
class, squad, team, work shift
radical 96 ⽟ · 10 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “successor”

WordPinyinMeaning
后任 (後任)hòu rènsuccessor; to take up a position subsequently as ...
继任者 (繼任者)jì rèn zhěsuccessor
继承者 (繼承者)jì chéng zhěsuccessor
接棒人jiē bàng rénsuccessor
继承人 (繼承人)jì chéng rénheir; successor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 接班人.

WordPinyinMeaning
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
链接 (鏈接)liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink
接触 (接觸)jiē chùto touch; to contact
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
连接 (連接)lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
上班shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “successor”.

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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