Chinese symbol for “colonization”
定殖
dìng zhí
(microbiology) to colonize; colonization
The closest CC-CEDICT match for colonization is 定殖 (dìng zhí), defined as: (microbiology) to colonize; colonization.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 定殖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
| 确定 (確定) | què dìng | definite; certain |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely |
| 稳定 (穩定) | wěn dìng | steady; stable |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 殖民 | zhí mín | colony; colonial |
See also: Japanese symbol for “colonization”.
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.