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Chinese symbol for “citizens”

国民
guó mín
Traditional: 國民
nationals; citizens; people of a nation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for citizens is 国民 (guó mín), defined as: nationals; citizens; people of a nation.

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

国 guó
country, nation, state; national
radical 31 ⼞ · 8 strokes
民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 国民.

WordPinyinMeaning
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state
国际 (國際)guó jìinternational
全国 (全國)quán guówhole nation; nationwide
国内 (國內)guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country)
我国 (我國)wǒ guómy country; our country
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic

See also: Japanese symbol for “citizens”.

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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