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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subjugate”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 压服.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压力 (壓力) | yā lì | pressure |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression; repression |
| 压迫 (壓迫) | yā pò | to oppress; to repress |
| 压缩 (壓縮) | yā suō | to compress; compression |
| 压制 (壓制) | yā zhì | to suppress; to inhibit |
| 高压 (高壓) | gāo yā | (physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes; 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.