Chinese symbol for “ethnology”
民族学
mín zú xué
Traditional: 民族學
ethnology; anthropology
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ethnology is 民族学 (mín zú xué), defined as: ethnology; anthropology.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 民族学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 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 |
| 家族 | jiā zú | family; clan |
| 种族 (種族) | zhǒng zú | race; ethnic group |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ethnology”.
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.