Chinese symbol for “subservient”
附庸
fù yōng
vassal; dependent; subordinate; subservient
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subservient is 附庸 (fù yōng), defined as: vassal; dependent; subordinate; subservient; appendage.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 附庸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 附属 (附屬) | fù shǔ | subsidiary; auxiliary |
| 附加 | fù jiā | additional; annex |
| 附带 (附帶) | fù dài | supplementary; incidentally |
| 附件 | fù jiàn | appendix (in a document); enclosure (accompanying a document) |
| 依附 | yī fù | to adhere; to attach oneself to |
| 平庸 | píng yōng | mediocre; indifferent |
| 庸俗 | yōng sú | vulgar; tacky |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subservient”.
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.