Chinese symbol for “superstructure”
上层建筑
shàng céng jiàn zhù
Traditional: 上層建築
superstructure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for superstructure is 上层建筑 (shàng céng jiàn zhù), defined as: superstructure.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 上层建筑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body; at hand |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | to add; plus; in addition; moreover |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of; above-mentioned |
| 实际上 (實際上) | shí jì shàng | in fact; in reality |
| 基层 (基層) | jī céng | basic level; grassroots unit |
| 层面 (層面) | céng miàn | aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) |
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 建筑 (建築) | jiàn zhù | to construct; building |
See also: Japanese symbol for “superstructure”.
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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