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Chinese symbol for “subsidiary”

附属
fù shǔ
Traditional: 附屬
subsidiary; auxiliary; attached; affiliated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subsidiary is 附属 (fù shǔ), defined as: subsidiary; auxiliary; attached; affiliated; subordinate; subordinating.

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

附 fù
nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
radical 170 ⾩ · 8 strokes
属 shǔ
class, category, type; family; affiliated, belonging to
radical 44 ⼫ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “subsidiary”

WordPinyinMeaning
子zǐson; child
支公司zhī gōng sīsubsidiary; branch
附带 (附帶)fù dàisupplementary; incidentally
属下 (屬下)shǔ xiàsubordinate; affiliated to
下属公司 (下屬公司)xià shǔ gōng sīsubsidiary (company)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 附属.

WordPinyinMeaning
附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
附加fù jiāadditional; annex
附带 (附帶)fù dàisupplementary; incidentally
附件fù jiànappendix (in a document); enclosure (accompanying a document)
依附yī fùto adhere; to attach oneself to
属于 (屬於)shǔ yúto belong to; to fall under (a category)
金属 (金屬)jīn shǔmetal; 种 (zhǒng)
所属 (所屬)suǒ shǔone's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself)

See also: Japanese symbol for “subsidiary”.

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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