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Chinese symbol for “mandate”

委任统治
wěi rèn tǒng zhì
Traditional: 委任統治
mandate (territory administration)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mandate is 委任统治 (wěi rèn tǒng zhì), defined as: mandate (territory administration).

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

委 wěi
to appoint, to commission, to send
radical 38 ⼥ · 8 strokes
任 rèn
to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
统 tǒng
to govern, to command; to gather, to unite
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes
治 zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 委任统治.

WordPinyinMeaning
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission
委员 (委員)wěi yuáncommittee member
委托 (委託)wěi tuōto entrust; to trust
常委cháng wěistanding committee (abbr. for 常务委员会 (cháng wù wěi yuán huì)); member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常务委员 (cháng wù wěi yuán))
党委 (黨委)dǎng wěiParty committee
市委shì wěimunicipal committee
任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever
任务 (任務)rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng)
系统 (系統)xì tǒngsystem; 个 (gè)
政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political

See also: Japanese symbol for “mandate”.

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.