Chinese symbol for “territory”
领土
lǐng tǔ
Traditional: 領土
territory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for territory is 领土 (lǐng tǔ), defined as: territory.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “territory”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part |
| 领地 (領地) | lǐng dì | territory; domain; estate; (old) fief |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 疆域 | jiāng yù | territory |
| 疆土 | jiāng tǔ | territory |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 领土.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 本土 | běn tǔ | one's native country; native |
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | soil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “territory”.
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.