Chinese symbol for “governance”
管治
guǎn zhì
governance; to govern
The closest CC-CEDICT match for governance is 管治 (guǎn zhì), defined as: governance; to govern.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “governance”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 管治.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | not to be concerned; regardless of |
| 主管 | zhǔ guǎn | in charge; responsible for |
| 监管 (監管) | jiān guǎn | to oversee; to take charge of |
| 管制 | guǎn zhì | to control; to restrict |
| 政治 | zhèng zhì | politics; political |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “governance”.
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.