Chinese symbol for “administer”
管辖
guǎn xiá
Traditional: 管轄
to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for administer is 管辖 (guǎn xiá), defined as: to administer; to have jurisdiction (over).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “administer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下辖 (下轄) | xià xiá | to administer; to have jurisdiction over |
| 代管 | dài guǎn | to administer; to manage |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | to govern; to administer |
| 监管 (監管) | jiān guǎn | to oversee; to take charge of |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 管辖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | not to be concerned; regardless of |
| 主管 | zhǔ guǎn | in charge; responsible for |
| 监管 (監管) | jiān guǎn | to oversee; to take charge of |
| 管制 | guǎn zhì | to control; to restrict |
| 直辖市 (直轄市) | zhí xiá shì | municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision; province level ci |
| 辖区 (轄區) | xiá qū | administrative region |
See also: Japanese symbol for “administer”.
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.