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Chinese symbol for “patriarchy”

父权制
fù quán zhì
Traditional: 父權制
patriarchy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for patriarchy is 父权制 (fù quán zhì), defined as: patriarchy.

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Characters and stroke order

父 fù
father, dad
radical 88 ⽗ · 4 strokes
权 quán
authority, power, right
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 父权制.

WordPinyinMeaning
父亲 (父親)fù qīnfather; also pr. [fu4 qin5]
父母fù mǔfather and mother; parents
师父 (師父)shī fuused for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master
神父shén fuCatholic or Orthodox priest; Father (title of address)
父子fù zǐfather and son
祖父zǔ fùfather's father; paternal grandfather
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
权力 (權力)quán lìpower; authority
控制kòng zhìto control

See also: Japanese symbol for “patriarchy”.

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.