Chinese symbol for “overpopulation”
人满为患
rén mǎn wéi huàn
Traditional: 人滿為患
packed with people; overcrowded; overpopulation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overpopulation is 人满为患 (rén mǎn wéi huàn), defined as: packed with people; overcrowded; overpopulation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 人满为患.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
| 满足 (滿足) | mǎn zú | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of) |
| 充满 (充滿) | chōng mǎn | full of; brimming with |
| 因为 (因為) | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 患者 | huàn zhě | patient; sufferer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overpopulation”.
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.