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Chinese symbol for “vassal”

附庸
fù yōng
vassal; dependent; subordinate; subservient

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vassal is 附庸 (fù yōng), defined as: vassal; dependent; subordinate; subservient; appendage.

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

附 fù
nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
radical 170 ⾩ · 8 strokes
庸 yōng
usual, common, ordinary, mediocre
radical 53 ⼴ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 附庸.

WordPinyinMeaning
附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
附属 (附屬)fù shǔsubsidiary; auxiliary
附加fù jiāadditional; annex
附带 (附帶)fù dàisupplementary; incidentally
附件fù jiànappendix (in a document); enclosure (accompanying a document)
依附yī fùto adhere; to attach oneself to
平庸píng yōngmediocre; indifferent
庸俗yōng súvulgar; tacky

See also: Japanese symbol for “vassal”.

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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