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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.

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

民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes
众 zhòng
multitude, crowd; masses, public
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “populace”

WordPinyinMeaning
黎庶lí shùpopulace; masses; the people

Related words

Other words that share a character with 民众.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group
居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
公民gōng míncitizen
农民 (農民)nóng mínpeasant; farmer
群众 (群眾)qún zhòngmass; multitude
公众 (公眾)gōng zhòngpublic

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.

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