Chinese symbol for “militia”
民兵
mín bīng
people's militia; militia; militiaman
The closest CC-CEDICT match for militia is 民兵 (mín bīng), defined as: people's militia; militia; militiaman.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “militia”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 民团 (民團) | mín tuán | civil corps; militia |
| 武警战士 (武警戰士) | wǔ jǐng zhàn shì | armed fighters; armed police |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 民兵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
| 居民 | jū mín | resident; inhabitant |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen |
| 农民 (農民) | nóng mín | peasant; farmer |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
| 步兵 | bù bīng | infantry; foot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “militia”.
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.