Chinese symbol for “populace”
民众
mín zhòng
Traditional: 民眾
the populace; the masses; the common people
The closest CC-CEDICT match for populace is 民众 (mín zhòng), defined as: the populace; the masses; the common people.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “populace”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 民众.
| 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 |
| 群众 (群眾) | qún zhòng | mass; multitude |
| 公众 (公眾) | gōng zhòng | public |
See also: Japanese symbol for “populace”.
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.