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Chinese symbol for “delegate”

下放
xià fàng
to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside

The closest CC-CEDICT match for delegate is 下放 (xià fàng), defined as: to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside.

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

下 xià
below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
放 fàng
to release, to liberate, to free
radical 66 ⽁ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “delegate”

WordPinyinMeaning
代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate
转授 (轉授)zhuǎn shòuto delegate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 下放.

WordPinyinMeaning
一下yī xià(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
以下yǐ xiàthat level or lower; that amount or less
下来 (下來)xià laito come down; (completed action marker)
下载 (下載)xià zǎito download; also pr. [xia4zai4]
下午xià wǔafternoon; 个 (gè)
下去xià qùto go down; to descend
开放 (開放)kāi fàngto bloom; to open
放弃 (放棄)fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up

See also: Japanese symbol for “delegate”.

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.