Chinese symbol for “sovereignty”
主权
zhǔ quán
Traditional: 主權
sovereignty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sovereignty is 主权 (zhǔ quán), defined as: sovereignty.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sovereignty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 统治权 (統治權) | tǒng zhì quán | sovereignty; dominion |
| 至高统治权 (至高統治權) | zhì gāo tǒng zhì quán | supreme power; sovereignty |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 主权.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 权力 (權力) | quán lì | power; authority |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sovereignty”.
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.