Chinese symbol for “nationalism”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nationalism is 民族主义 (mín zú zhǔ yì), defined as: nationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers); racism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nationalism”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 民族主义.
| 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 |
| 家族 | jiā zú | family; clan |
| 种族 (種族) | zhǒng zú | race; ethnic group |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nationalism”.
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.