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Chinese symbol for “milieu”

社会环境
shè huì huán jìng
Traditional: 社會環境
social environment; milieu

The closest CC-CEDICT match for milieu is 社会环境 (shè huì huán jìng), defined as: social environment; milieu.

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

社 shè
group, organization, society; a god of the soil
radical 113 ⽰ · 8 strokes
会 huì
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
环 huán
bracelet, ring; to surround, to loop
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes
境 jìng
boundary, frontier; area, region
radical 32 ⼟ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 社会环境.

WordPinyinMeaning
社会 (社會)shè huìsociety
社区 (社區)shè qūcommunity; neighborhood
社会主义 (社會主義)shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
社交shè jiāosocial interaction
出版社chū bǎn shèpublishing house
社团 (社團)shè tuánassociation; society
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
会议 (會議)huì yìmeeting; conference
环境 (環境)huán jìngenvironment; circumstances
境内 (境內)jìng nèiwithin the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “milieu”.

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.