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Chinese symbol for “supremacy”

霸权
bà quán
Traditional: 霸權
hegemony; supremacy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for supremacy is 霸权 (bà quán), defined as: hegemony; supremacy.

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

霸 bà
tyrant; to usurp, to rule by might
radical 173 ⾬ · 21 strokes
权 quán
authority, power, right
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “supremacy”

WordPinyinMeaning
统治力 (統治力)tǒng zhì lìdominance; supremacy
至高zhì gāoparamount; supremacy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 霸权.

WordPinyinMeaning
争霸 (爭霸)zhēng bàto contend for hegemony; a power struggle
霸王bà wánghegemon; overlord
霸主bà zhǔa powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord
霸占 (霸佔)bà zhànto occupy by force; to seize
霸道bà dàothe Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
权力 (權力)quán lìpower; authority
政权 (政權)zhèng quánregime; political power

See also: Japanese symbol for “supremacy”.

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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