Chinese symbol for “existentialism”

存在主义

cún zài zhǔ yì

Traditional: 存在主義

existentialism

The closest CC-CEDICT match for existentialism is 存在主义 (cún zài zhǔ yì), defined as: existentialism.

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Characters and stroke order

存 cún

to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit

radical 39 ⼦ · 6 strokes

在 zài

at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense

radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes

主 zhǔ

to own; to host; master; host; lord

radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes

义 yì

right conduct, propriety; justice

radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

義 yì

Related words

Other words that share a character with 存在主义.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
存在	cún zài	to exist; to be
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
主要	zhǔ yào	main; principal; major; primary
意义 (意義)	yì yì	sense; meaning

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