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Chinese symbol for “understudy”

替角
tì jué
(theater) understudy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for understudy is 替角 (tì jué), defined as: (theater) understudy.

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

替 tì
to change, to replace, to substitute for
radical 73 ⽈ · 12 strokes
角 jué
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “understudy”

WordPinyinMeaning
跟包gēn bāoto work as footman; to do odd jobs

Related words

Other words that share a character with 替角.

WordPinyinMeaning
代替dài tìto replace; to take the place of
替代tì dàito substitute for; to replace
替换 (替換)tì huànto exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
交替jiāo tìto replace; alternately; in turn
接替jiē tìto replace; to take over (a position or post)
替补 (替補)tì bǔto replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc); a su
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view

See also: Japanese symbol for “understudy”.

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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