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Chinese symbol for “pacifism”

和平主义
hé píng zhǔ yì
Traditional: 和平主義
pacifism

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pacifism is 和平主义 (hé píng zhǔ yì), defined as: pacifism.

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Characters and stroke order

和 hé
harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
平 píng
flat, level, even; peaceful
radical 51 ⼲ · 5 strokes
主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 和平主义.

WordPinyinMeaning
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
共和国 (共和國)gòng hé guórepublic
和谐 (和諧)hé xiéharmonious; harmony
和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
共和gòng hérepublic; republicanism
温和 (溫和)wēn hémild; gentle
平台 (平臺)píng táiplatform; terrace
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning

See also: Japanese symbol for “pacifism”.

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.