Chinese symbol for “population”
人口
rén kǒu
population; people
The closest CC-CEDICT match for population is 人口 (rén kǒu), defined as: population; people.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “population”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户口 (戶口) | hù kǒu | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence |
| 种群 (種群) | zhǒng qún | population (of a species); community (of animals or plants) |
| 人口数 (人口數) | rén kǒu shù | population |
| 总体 (總體) | zǒng tǐ | completely; totally |
| 母体 (母體) | mǔ tǐ | (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 人口.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
| 出口 | chū kǒu | an exit; 个 (gè) |
| 进口 (進口) | jìn kǒu | to import; imported |
| 口号 (口號) | kǒu hào | slogan; catchphrase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “population”.
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.