Chinese symbol for “prefect”
尹
yǐn
(literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prefect is 尹 (yǐn), defined as: (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prefect”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 尹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 府尹 | fǔ yǐn | magistrate; prefect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prefect”.
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.