Chinese symbol for “sphere”
领域
lǐng yù
Traditional: 領域
domain; sphere; field; territory; area
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sphere is 领域 (lǐng yù), defined as: domain; sphere; field; territory; area.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sphere”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 领域.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area; region |
| 流域 | liú yù | river basin; valley |
| 地域 | dì yù | area; district |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sphere”.
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.