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Chinese symbol for “subjugate”

压服
yā fú
Traditional: 壓服
to compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subjugate is 压服 (yā fú), defined as: to compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate.

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

压 yā
press; oppress; crush; pressure
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes
服 fú
clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine
radical 74 ⽉ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “subjugate”

WordPinyinMeaning
奴化nú huàto enslave; to subjugate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 压服.

WordPinyinMeaning
压力 (壓力)yā lìpressure
镇压 (鎮壓)zhèn yāsuppression; repression
压迫 (壓迫)yā pòto oppress; to repress
压缩 (壓縮)yā suōto compress; compression
压制 (壓制)yā zhìto suppress; to inhibit
高压 (高壓)gāo yā(physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure
服务 (服務)fú wùto serve; service
衣服yī fuclothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào)

See also: Japanese symbol for “subjugate”.

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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