Chinese symbol for “realm”
天下
tiān xià
land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for realm is 天下 (tiān xià), defined as: land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “realm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 界 | jiè | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm |
| 王国 (王國) | wáng guó | kingdom; realm |
| 境界 | jìng jiè | boundary; state |
| 境域 | jìng yù | territory; domain; realm; state; condition; situation; circumstances |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 天下.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “realm”.
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.