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Chinese symbol for “plebeian”

庶民
shù mín
the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian

The closest CC-CEDICT match for plebeian is 庶民 (shù mín), defined as: the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian.

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

庶 shù
numerous, various; multitude
radical 53 ⼴ · 11 strokes
民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 庶民.

WordPinyinMeaning
富庶fù shùpopulous and affluent
庶子shù zǐson born of a concubine
庶出shù chūborn of a concubine (rather than of the wife)
庶几 (庶幾)shù jī(literary) similar; almost; (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that
黎庶lí shùpopulace; masses; the people
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group

See also: Japanese symbol for “plebeian”.

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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