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Chinese symbol for “summons”

传唤
chuán huàn
Traditional: 傳喚
a summons (to the police); subpoena

The closest CC-CEDICT match for summons is 传唤 (chuán huàn), defined as: a summons (to the police); subpoena.

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

传 chuán
to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
唤 huàn
to call
radical 30 ⼝ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “summons”

WordPinyinMeaning
传票 (傳票)chuán piàosummons; subpoena

Related words

Other words that share a character with 传唤.

WordPinyinMeaning
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
宣传 (宣傳)xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传说 (傳說)chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
上传 (上傳)shàng chuánto upload
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
召唤 (召喚)zhào huànto summon; to beckon
呼唤 (呼喚)hū huànto call out (a name etc); to shout

See also: Japanese symbol for “summons”.

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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