Chinese symbol for “mass”
群众
qún zhòng
Traditional: 群眾
mass; multitude; the masses
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mass is 群众 (qún zhòng), defined as: mass; multitude; the masses.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mass”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弥撒 (彌撒) | mí sa | (Catholic) Mass |
| 合众 (合眾) | hé zhòng | mass; involving everyone |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 堆 | duī | to pile up; to heap up |
| 集结 (集結) | jí jié | to assemble; to concentrate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 群众.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 群体 (群體) | qún tǐ | community; colony |
| 人群 | rén qún | crowd |
| 群岛 (群島) | qún dǎo | group of islands; archipelago |
| 族群 | zú qún | ethnic group; community |
| 社群 | shè qún | community; social grouping |
| 公众 (公眾) | gōng zhòng | public |
| 民众 (民眾) | mín zhòng | the populace; the masses; the common people |
| 观众 (觀眾) | guān zhòng | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mass”.
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.