Chinese symbol for “cede”

割让

gē ràng

Traditional: 割讓

to cede; cession

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cede is 割让 (gē ràng), defined as: to cede; cession.

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Characters and stroke order

割 gē

to cut, to divide, to partition; to cede

radical 18 ⼑ · 12 strokes

让 ràng

to allow, to permit, to yield

radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

讓 ràng

Other Chinese words for “cede”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
让渡 (讓渡)	ràng dù	to transfer (property, rights etc); to cede

Related words

Other words that share a character with 割让.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
分割	fēn gē	to cut up; to break up
切割	qiē gē	to cut
收割	shōu gē	to harvest; to reap
割据 (割據)	gē jù	to set up an independent regime; to secede
割断 (割斷)	gē duàn	to cut off; to sever
割裂	gē liè	to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate
转让 (轉讓)	zhuǎn ràng	to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
让步 (讓步)	ràng bù	to concede; to give in

See also: Japanese symbol for “cede”.

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.