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Chinese symbol for “annex”

兼并
jiān bìng
Traditional: 兼併
to annex; to take over; to acquire

The closest CC-CEDICT match for annex is 兼并 (jiān bìng), defined as: to annex; to take over; to acquire.

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

兼 jiān
both, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine
radical 12 ⼋ · 10 strokes
并 bìng
to combine, to annex; also, what's more
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “annex”

WordPinyinMeaning
吞并 (吞併)tūn bìngto annex
侵吞qīn tūnto annex; to swallow (up)
合并 (合併)hé bìngto merge; to annex
附加fù jiāadditional; annex
分店fēn diànbranch (of a chain store); annex

Related words

Other words that share a character with 兼并.

WordPinyinMeaning
兼职 (兼職)jiān zhíto hold concurrent posts; concurrent job
兼任jiān rènto hold a concurrent post; part-time; (in academia) adjunct
兼顾 (兼顧)jiān gùto handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
兼容jiān róngcompatible
兼具jiān jùto combine; to have both
并且 (並且)bìng qiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
并非 (並非)bìng fēireally isn't
合并 (合並)hé bìngvariant of 合并 (hé bìng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “annex”.

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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