Chinese symbol for “caste”
种姓
zhǒng xìng
Traditional: 種姓
caste (traditional Indian social division)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for caste is 种姓 (zhǒng xìng), defined as: caste (traditional Indian social division).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “caste”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 种姓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 这种 (這種) | zhè zhǒng | this kind of |
| 一种 (一種) | yī zhǒng | one kind of; one type of |
| 各种 (各種) | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 那种 (那種) | nà zhǒng | that kind of |
| 种种 (種種) | zhǒng zhǒng | all kinds of |
| 多种 (多種) | duō zhǒng | many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi- |
| 百姓 | bǎi xìng | common people |
| 姓名 | xìng míng | surname and given name; full name |
See also: Japanese symbol for “caste”.
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.