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Chinese symbol for “medieval”

中世纪
zhōng shì jì
Traditional: 中世紀
medieval; Middle Ages

The closest CC-CEDICT match for medieval is 中世纪 (zhōng shì jì), defined as: medieval; Middle Ages.

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

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
世 shì
generation, era, age; world
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
纪 jì
discipline, age; period, era; record, annal
radical 120 ⽷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “medieval”

WordPinyinMeaning
中古zhōng gǔmedieval; Middle Ages

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中世纪.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
世界shì jièworld
世纪 (世紀)shì jìcentury
纪念 (紀念)jì niànto commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir

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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