Chinese symbol for “cession”
割让
gē ràng
Traditional: 割讓
to cede; cession
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cession is 割让 (gē ràng), defined as: to cede; cession.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
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 “cession”.
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.