Chinese symbol for “recluse”
逸民
yì mín
recluse; hermit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recluse is 逸民 (yì mín), defined as: recluse; hermit.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “recluse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家里蹲 (家裡蹲) | jiā lǐ dūn | recluse; hikikomori person |
| 隐逸 (隱逸) | yǐn yì | to live in seclusion; reclusive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 逸民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逃逸 | táo yì | to escape; to run away |
| 安逸 | ān yì | easy and comfortable; easy |
| 一劳永逸 (一勞永逸) | yī láo yǒng yì | to get sth done once and for all |
| 飘逸 (飄逸) | piāo yì | graceful; elegant |
| 逸事 | yì shì | anecdote; lost or apocryphal story about famous person |
| 隐逸 (隱逸) | yǐn yì | to live in seclusion; reclusive |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recluse”.
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.