Chinese symbol for “confederation”
邦联
bāng lián
Traditional: 邦聯
confederation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for confederation is 邦联 (bāng lián), defined as: confederation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “confederation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 邦联.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联邦 (聯邦) | lián bāng | federal; federation |
| 联邦政府 (聯邦政府) | lián bāng zhèng fǔ | federal government |
| 乌托邦 (烏托邦) | wū tuō bāng | (loanword) utopia |
| 城邦 | chéng bāng | a city state (Greek polis) |
| 联邦制 (聯邦制) | lián bāng zhì | federal; federal system |
| 联系 (聯係) | lián xì | variant of 联系 (lián xì) |
| 联合 (聯合) | lián hé | to combine; to join |
| 联盟 (聯盟) | lián méng | alliance; union |
See also: Japanese symbol for “confederation”.
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.