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Chinese symbol for “situation”

局势
jú shì
Traditional: 局勢
situation; state (of affairs)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for situation is 局势 (jú shì), defined as: situation; state (of affairs).

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

局 jú
bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes
势 shì
power, force; tendency, attitude
radical 19 ⼒ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “situation”

WordPinyinMeaning
情况 (情況)qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)
处境 (處境)chǔ jìngsituation (of a person)
事态 (事態)shì tàisituation; existing state of affairs
情势 (情勢)qíng shìsituation; circumstance
情境qíng jìngsituation; context; setting; environment

Related words

Other words that share a character with 局势.

WordPinyinMeaning
当局 (當局)dāng júauthorities
局长 (局長)jú zhǎngbureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè)
布局 (佈局)bù júarrangement; composition
局面jú miànaspect; phase
结局 (結局)jié júconclusion; ending; outcome
优势 (優勢)yōu shìsuperiority; dominance
势力 (勢力)shì lipower; influence
趋势 (趨勢)qū shìtrend; tendency

See also: Japanese symbol for “situation”.

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.

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