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Chinese symbol for “marginalization”

边缘化
biān yuán huà
Traditional: 邊緣化
to marginalize; marginalization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for marginalization is 边缘化 (biān yuán huà), defined as: to marginalize; marginalization.

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Characters and stroke order

边 biān
border, edge, margin, side
radical 162 ⾡ · 6 strokes
缘 yuán
reason, cause; fate; margin, hem
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 边缘化.

WordPinyinMeaning
身边 (身邊)shēn biānat one's side; on hand
一边 (一邊)yī biānone side; either side
旁边 (旁邊)páng biānside; adjacent place
边界 (邊界)biān jièboundary; border
边境 (邊境)biān jìngfrontier; border
周边 (周邊)zhōu biānperiphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral
边缘 (邊緣)biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
缘故 (緣故)yuán gùreason; cause
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “marginalization”.

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.