Chinese symbol for “resident”
居民
jū mín
resident; inhabitant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for resident is 居民 (jū mín), defined as: resident; inhabitant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “resident”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 常驻 (常駐) | cháng zhù | resident; permanent (representative) |
| 驻留 (駐留) | zhù liú | to stay; to remain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 居民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside; to dwell |
| 居然 | jū rán | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 邻居 (鄰居) | lín jū | neighbor |
| 定居 | dìng jū | to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence |
| 位居 | wèi jū | to be located at |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
See also: Japanese symbol for “resident”.
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.