Chinese symbol for “region”
地区
dì qū
Traditional: 地區
region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for region is 地区 (dì qū), defined as: region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “region”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 一带 (一帶) | yī dài | region; area |
| 带 (帶) | dài | band; belt |
| 区 (區) | qū | area; region |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area; region |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地区.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area; region |
| 社区 (社區) | shè qū | community; neighborhood |
| 区别 (區別) | qū bié | difference; to distinguish |
| 自治区 (自治區) | zì zhì qū | autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, |
| 市区 (市區) | shì qū | urban district; downtown |
See also: Japanese symbol for “region”.
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.