Chinese symbol for “tactic”
着
zhāo
Traditional: 著
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tactic is 着 (zhāo), defined as: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tactic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 着.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 随着 (隨著) | suí zhe | along with; in the wake of |
| 有着 (有著) | yǒu zhe | to have; to possess |
| 接着 (接著) | jiē zhe | to catch and hold on; to continue |
| 意味着 (意味著) | yì wèi zhe | to signify; to mean |
| 活着 (活著) | huó zhe | alive |
| 穿着 (穿著) | chuān zhuó | attire; clothes; dress |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tactic”.
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.