Chinese symbol for “laity”
俗人
sú rén
common people; laity (i.e. not priests)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laity is 俗人 (sú rén), defined as: common people; laity (i.e. not priests).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 俗人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 习俗 (習俗) | xí sú | custom; tradition |
| 俗称 (俗稱) | sú chēng | commonly referred to as; common term |
| 风俗 (風俗) | fēng sú | social custom; 个 (gè) |
| 民俗 | mín sú | popular custom |
| 世俗 | shì sú | profane; secular |
| 通俗 | tōng sú | common; everyday |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laity”.
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.