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Chinese symbol for “crackpot”

民科
mín kē
pseudoscientist; crank; crackpot (abbr. for 民間科學家|民间科学家)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crackpot is 民科 (mín kē), defined as: pseudoscientist; crank; crackpot (abbr. for 民間科學家|民间科学家).

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

民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 民科.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group
居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
公民gōng míncitizen
农民 (農民)nóng mínpeasant; farmer
科技kē jìscience and technology
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge

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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