Chinese symbol for “subdivision”
区划
qū huà
Traditional: 區劃
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subdivision is 区划 (qū huà), defined as: subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subdivision”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 区画 (區畫) | qū huà | subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) |
| 亚门 (亞門) | yà mén | (biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy); subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 区划.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 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 |
| 计划 (計劃) | jì huà | plan; project |
| 规划 (規劃) | guī huà | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subdivision”.
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.