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Chinese symbol for “folklore”

民俗学
mín sú xué
Traditional: 民俗學
folklore

The closest CC-CEDICT match for folklore is 民俗学 (mín sú xué), defined as: folklore.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes
俗 sú
social customs; vulgar, unrefined
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 民俗学.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group
居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
公民gōng míncitizen
农民 (農民)nóng mínpeasant; farmer
习俗 (習俗)xí súcustom; tradition
俗称 (俗稱)sú chēngcommonly referred to as; common term
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “folklore”.

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.

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