Chinese symbol for “existence”
存在
cún zài
to exist; to be; existence
The closest CC-CEDICT match for existence is 存在 (cún zài), defined as: to exist; to be; existence.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 存在.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist; to survive |
| 保存 | bǎo cún | to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc) |
| 储存 (儲存) | chǔ cún | stockpile; to store |
| 存款 | cún kuǎn | to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings |
| 存储 (存儲) | cún chǔ | to store up; to stockpile |
| 现在 (現在) | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 在于 (在於) | zài yú | to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “existence”.
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.