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Chinese symbol for “capitulate”

降
xiáng
to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame

The closest CC-CEDICT match for capitulate is 降 (xiáng), defined as: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame.

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

降 xiáng
to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
radical 170 ⾩ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “capitulate”

WordPinyinMeaning
投诚 (投誠)tóu chéngto defect; to surrender
俯首称臣 (俯首稱臣)fǔ shǒu chēng chénto bow before (idiom); to capitulate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 降.

WordPinyinMeaning
降低jiàng dīto reduce; to lower; to bring down
下降xià jiàngto decline; to drop
投降tóu xiángto surrender
降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
降临 (降臨)jiàng línto descend; to arrive
降价 (降價)jiàng jiàto cut the price; to drive down the price

See also: Japanese symbol for “capitulate”.

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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