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Chinese symbol for “totalitarianism”

极权主义
jí quán zhǔ yì
Traditional: 極權主義
totalitarianism

The closest CC-CEDICT match for totalitarianism is 极权主义 (jí quán zhǔ yì), defined as: totalitarianism.

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Characters and stroke order

极 jí
extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
权 quán
authority, power, right
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 极权主义.

WordPinyinMeaning
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme
极为 (極為)jí wéiextremely; exceedingly
极大 (極大)jí dàenormous; great; (math.) maximum
极其 (極其)jí qíextremely
极度 (極度)jí dùextremely
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
权力 (權力)quán lìpower; authority
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning

See also: Japanese symbol for “totalitarianism”.

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.