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Chinese symbol for “freeing”

自由化
zì yóu huà
liberalization; freeing (from sth)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for freeing is 自由化 (zì yóu huà), defined as: liberalization; freeing (from sth).

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

自 zì
self; private, personal; from
radical 132 ⾃ · 6 strokes
由 yóu
cause, reason; from
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 自由化.

WordPinyinMeaning
自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自 (來自)lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
自然zì ránnature; natural
自动 (自動)zì dòngautomatic; voluntarily
自身zì shēnitself; oneself
由于 (由於)yóu yúdue to; as a result of
理由lǐ yóureason; grounds
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “freeing”.

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.