Chinese symbol for “colonial”
殖民
zhí mín
colony; colonial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for colonial is 殖民 (zhí mín), defined as: colony; colonial.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 殖民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 殖民地 | zhí mín dì | colony |
| 繁殖 | fán zhí | to breed; to reproduce |
| 生殖 | shēng zhí | to reproduce; to flourish |
| 生殖器 | shēng zhí qì | reproductive organ; genitals |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
See also: Japanese symbol for “colonial”.
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.