Chinese symbol for “independent”
独立
dú lì
Traditional: 獨立
independent; independence; to stand alone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for independent is 独立 (dú lì), defined as: independent; independence; to stand alone.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “independent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自立 | zì lì | independent; self-reliant |
| 独 (獨) | dú | alone; independent |
| 无党派 (無黨派) | wú dǎng pài | politically unaffiliated; independent (candidate) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 独立.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 独特 (獨特) | dú tè | unique; distinctive |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 独自 (獨自) | dú zì | alone |
| 孤独 (孤獨) | gū dú | lonely; solitary |
| 独裁 (獨裁) | dú cái | dictatorship |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 成立 | chéng lì | to establish; to set up |
| 设立 (設立) | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
See also: Japanese symbol for “independent”.
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.