自治区

Traditional form:

自治區

Pinyin (reading):

zìzhìqū

Definitions:

• autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet)

Characters:

• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 区 - area, district, region, ward; surname

Traditional characters:

• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 區 - area, district, region, ward; surname