Chinese symbol for “hamlet”
村镇
cūn zhèn
Traditional: 村鎮
hamlet (place)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hamlet is 村镇 (cūn zhèn), defined as: hamlet (place).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hamlet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庄子 (莊子) | zhuāng zi | (coll.) village; hamlet; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 村庄 (村莊) | cūn zhuāng | village; hamlet |
| 村里 | cūn lǐ | village; hamlet |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 村镇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农村 (農村) | nóng cūn | rural area; village |
| 乡村 (鄉村) | xiāng cūn | rustic; village |
| 村民 | cūn mín | villager |
| 村庄 (村莊) | cūn zhuāng | village; hamlet |
| 村落 | cūn luò | village |
| 村里 | cūn lǐ | village; hamlet |
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression; repression |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hamlet”.
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.