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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 民俗学.
| 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 |
| 习俗 (習俗) | xí sú | custom; tradition |
| 俗称 (俗稱) | sú chēng | commonly referred to as; common term |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; 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.