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Chinese symbol for “oligarchy”

寡头政治
guǎ tóu zhèng zhì
Traditional: 寡頭政治
oligarchy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for oligarchy is 寡头政治 (guǎ tóu zhèng zhì), defined as: oligarchy.

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

寡 guǎ
widowed; friendless, alone
radical 40 ⼧ · 14 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
政 zhèng
government, politics
radical 66 ⽁ · 9 strokes
治 zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “oligarchy”

WordPinyinMeaning
领导层 (領導層)lǐng dǎo céngruling class; leaders (of society)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 寡头政治.

WordPinyinMeaning
寡妇 (寡婦)guǎ fuwidow
寡头 (寡頭)guǎ tóuoligarch
多寡duō guǎnumber; amount
寡人guǎ rénI (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
优柔寡断 (優柔寡斷)yōu róu guǎ duànindecisive; irresolute
沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yánhabitually silent (idiom); reticent
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
政府zhèng fǔgovernment; 个 (gè)
政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political

See also: Japanese symbol for “oligarchy”.

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.