Chinese symbol for “democracy”
民主
mín zhǔ
democracy; democratic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for democracy is 民主 (mín zhǔ), defined as: democracy; democratic.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “democracy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 民主主义 (民主主義) | mín zhǔ zhǔ yì | democracy (as an ideology) |
| 民权主义 (民權主義) | mín quán zhǔ yì | democracy; civil liberties |
| 民主政治 | mín zhǔ zhèng zhì | democracy (as a system of government) |
| 德谟克拉西 (德謨克拉西) | dé mó kè lā xī | democracy (loanword) (old) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 民主.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
| 居民 | jū mín | resident; inhabitant |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen |
| 农民 (農民) | nóng mín | peasant; farmer |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
See also: Japanese symbol for “democracy”.
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.