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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).

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

村 cūn
village, hamlet; vulgar, uncouth
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
镇 zhèn
calm, composed; to control, to suppress
radical 167 ⾦ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hamlet”

WordPinyinMeaning
庄子 (莊子)zhuāng zi(coll.) village; hamlet; measure word: 座 (zuò)
村庄 (村莊)cūn zhuāngvillage; hamlet
村里cūn lǐvillage; hamlet

Related words

Other words that share a character with 村镇.

WordPinyinMeaning
农村 (農村)nóng cūnrural area; village
乡村 (鄉村)xiāng cūnrustic; village
村民cūn mínvillager
村庄 (村莊)cūn zhuāngvillage; hamlet
村落cūn luòvillage
村里cūn lǐvillage; hamlet
城镇 (城鎮)chéng zhèntown; cities and towns
镇压 (鎮壓)zhèn yāsuppression; 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.

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