Chinese symbol for “commoners”
匹夫匹妇
pǐ fū pǐ fù
Traditional: 匹夫匹婦
(idiom) ordinary people; commoners
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commoners is 匹夫匹妇 (pǐ fū pǐ fù), defined as: (idiom) ordinary people; commoners.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 匹夫匹妇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 匹配 | pǐ pèi | to mate or marry; to match |
| 马匹 (馬匹) | mǎ pǐ | horse |
| 匹敌 (匹敵) | pǐ dí | to be equal to; to be well-matched |
| 单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬) | dān qiāng pǐ mǎ | (idiom) single-handed; on one's own |
| 布匹 | bù pǐ | cloth (by the yard) |
| 阿司匹林 | ā sī pǐ lín | (loanword) aspirin |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 夫人 | fū ren | lady; madam |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commoners”.
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.