Chinese symbol for “margin”
余地
yú dì
Traditional: 餘地
margin; leeway
The closest CC-CEDICT match for margin is 余地 (yú dì), defined as: margin; leeway.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “margin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 边 (邊) | biān | side; edge |
| 裕度 | yù dù | margin; allowance |
| 缘 (緣) | yuán | cause; reason |
| 保证金 (保證金) | bǎo zhèng jīn | earnest money; cash deposit |
| 页边 (頁邊) | yè biān | (page) margin |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 余地.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其余 (其餘) | qí yú | the rest; the others |
| 余额 (餘額) | yú é | balance (of an account, bill etc); surplus |
| 业余 (業餘) | yè yú | in one's spare time; outside working hours |
| 剩余 (剩餘) | shèng yú | to remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left |
| 多余 (多餘) | duō yú | superfluous; unnecessary |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
See also: Japanese symbol for “margin”.
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.
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