Chinese symbol for “autonomy”
自治
zì zhì
autonomy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for autonomy is 自治 (zì zhì), defined as: autonomy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “autonomy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自主权 (自主權) | zì zhǔ quán | the power to act independently; autonomy; the right of self-determination |
| 自律 | zì lǜ | self-discipline; self-regulation |
| 自治权 (自治權) | zì zhì quán | the right to autonomy; autonomy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 自治.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
| 自动 (自動) | zì dòng | automatic; voluntarily |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself; oneself |
| 政治 | zhèng zhì | politics; political |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “autonomy”.
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.