导演 dǎoyǎn director

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Traditional: 導演

Stroke order

导演 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

导演 — the Chinese character for director (dǎoyǎn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 导演 — director

导 — 6 strokes
演 — 14 strokes

Senses

to direct
director (film etc)

Characters in 导演

导 dǎo — to transmit; to lead; to guide
演 yǎn — to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

导演 is pronounced dǎoyǎn and means “director”.

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