Chinese symbol for “folk”
民间
mín jiān
Traditional: 民間
among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental
The closest CC-CEDICT match for folk is 民间 (mín jiān), defined as: among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 民间.
| 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 |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
See also: Japanese symbol for “folk”.
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.