Chinese symbol for “abdicate”
逊
xùn
Traditional: 遜
to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abdicate is 逊 (xùn), defined as: to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “abdicate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禅 (禪) | shàn | to abdicate |
| 退位 | tuì wèi | to abdicate |
| 让位 (讓位) | ràng wèi | to abdicate; to yield |
| 禅让 (禪讓) | shàn ràng | to abdicate |
| 逊位 (遜位) | xùn wèi | to abdicate; to resign a position |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 逊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逊色 (遜色) | xùn sè | inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior) |
| 谦逊 (謙遜) | qiān xùn | humble; modest |
| 不逊 (不遜) | bù xùn | rude; impertinent |
| 出言不逊 (出言不遜) | chū yán bù xùn | to speak rudely |
| 毫不逊色 (毫不遜色) | háo bù xùn sè | not inferior in any respect |
| 逊位 (遜位) | xùn wèi | to abdicate; to resign a position |
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.