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Chinese symbol for “fief”

采邑
cài yì
fief

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fief is 采邑 (cài yì), defined as: fief.

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

采 cài
to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
radical 165 ⾤ · 8 strokes
邑 yì
area, district, city, state
radical 163 ⾢ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fief”

WordPinyinMeaning
采地cài dìfief
领地 (領地)lǐng dìterritory; domain; estate; (old) fief

Related words

Other words that share a character with 采邑.

WordPinyinMeaning
采用 (採用)cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ
采取 (採取)cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
采访 (採訪)cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news
采购 (採購)cǎi gòuto procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
开采 (開採)kāi cǎito extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit
采集 (採集)cǎi jíto gather; to collect
城邑chéng yì(literary) towns; cities
封邑fēng yìgrant of territory by an emperor or monarch (old)

See also: Japanese symbol for “fief”.

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.