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Chinese symbol for “enclave”

飞地
fēi dì
Traditional: 飛地
enclave; exclave (territory belonging to one jurisdiction but entirely surrounded by another)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for enclave is 飞地 (fēi dì), defined as: enclave; exclave (territory belonging to one jurisdiction but entirely surrounded by another).

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

飞 fēi
to fly, to dart; high
radical 183 ⾶ · 3 strokes
地 dì
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “enclave”

WordPinyinMeaning
外飞地 (外飛地)wài fēi dìenclave (foreign land inside us); (Tw) exclave (our land outside us)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 飞地.

WordPinyinMeaning
飞机 (飛機)fēi jīairplane; measure word: 架 (jià)
飞行 (飛行)fēi xíngto fly; flight
起飞 (起飛)qǐ fēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
飞行员 (飛行員)fēi xíng yuánpilot; aviator
飞弹 (飛彈)fēi dàn(Tw) missile; stray bullet
飞船 (飛船)fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
地区 (地區)dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)

See also: Japanese symbol for “enclave”.

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.