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Chinese symbol for “subjugation”

沦亡
lún wáng
Traditional: 淪亡
(of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subjugation is 沦亡 (lún wáng), defined as: (of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power).

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

沦 lún
sunk, submerged; to perish, to be lost
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
亡 wáng
death, destruction; to lose; to perish
radical 8 ⼇ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 沦亡.

WordPinyinMeaning
沦为 (淪為)lún wéito sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior)
沦陷 (淪陷)lún xiànto fall into enemy hands; to be occupied
沦落 (淪落)lún luòto degenerate; impoverished
沉沦 (沉淪)chén lúnto sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion
沦丧 (淪喪)lún sàngto be lost; to be ruined
沦陷区 (淪陷區)lún xiàn qūenemy-held territory
死亡sǐ wángto die; death
伤亡 (傷亡)shāng wángcasualties; injuries and deaths

See also: Japanese symbol for “subjugation”.

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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