Chinese symbol for “pastoral”
乡间
xiāng jiān
Traditional: 鄉間
in the country; rural; pastoral
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pastoral is 乡间 (xiāng jiān), defined as: in the country; rural; pastoral.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pastoral”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乡间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡村 (鄉村) | xiāng cūn | rustic; village |
| 家乡 (家鄉) | jiā xiāng | hometown; native place |
| 城乡 (城鄉) | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 乡镇 (鄉鎮) | xiāng zhèn | townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense) |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home; homeland |
| 乡下 (鄉下) | xiāng xia | countryside; rural area |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pastoral”.
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.
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