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Chinese symbol for “geopolitics”

地缘政治学
dì yuán zhèng zhì xué
Traditional: 地緣政治學
geopolitics

The closest CC-CEDICT match for geopolitics is 地缘政治学 (dì yuán zhèng zhì xué), defined as: geopolitics.

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

地 dì
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes
缘 yuán
reason, cause; fate; margin, hem
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes
政 zhèng
government, politics
radical 66 ⽁ · 9 strokes
治 zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “geopolitics”

WordPinyinMeaning
地缘政治 (地緣政治)dì yuán zhèng zhìgeopolitics; geopolitical

Related words

Other words that share a character with 地缘政治学.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
当地 (當地)dāng dìlocal
土地tǔ dìland; soil
边缘 (邊緣)biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
缘故 (緣故)yuán gùreason; cause
无缘 (無緣)wú yuánto have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth)
血缘 (血緣)xuè yuánbloodline
政府zhèng fǔgovernment; 个 (gè)
政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “geopolitics”.

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.