Chinese symbol for “surrender”
降
xiáng
to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surrender is 降 (xiáng), defined as: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “surrender”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投降 | tóu xiáng | to surrender |
| 屈服 | qū fú | to surrender; to succumb |
| 陷落 | xiàn luò | to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy) |
| 纳降 (納降) | nà xiáng | to surrender; to accept defeat |
| 自首 | zì shǒu | to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 降.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline; to drop |
| 投降 | tóu xiáng | to surrender |
| 降落 | jiàng luò | to descend; to land |
| 降临 (降臨) | jiàng lín | to descend; to arrive |
| 降价 (降價) | jiàng jià | to cut the price; to drive down the price |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surrender”.
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.