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Chinese symbol for “homes”

民居
mín jū
houses; homes

The closest CC-CEDICT match for homes is 民居 (mín jū), defined as: houses; homes.

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
居 jū
to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
radical 44 ⼫ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 民居.

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
居住jū zhùto reside; to dwell
居然jū ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise

See also: Japanese symbol for “homes”.

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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