Chinese symbol for “rustic”
乡村
xiāng cūn
Traditional: 鄉村
rustic; village; countryside
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rustic is 乡村 (xiāng cūn), defined as: rustic; village; countryside.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rustic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土气 (土氣) | tǔ qì | rustic; uncouth |
| 鄙 | bǐ | rustic; low |
| 村 | cūn | village; (dialect) to scold |
| 土头土脑 (土頭土腦) | tǔ tóu tǔ nǎo | rustic; uncouth |
| 质朴 (質樸) | zhì pǔ | simple; plain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乡村.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家乡 (家鄉) | jiā xiāng | hometown; native place |
| 城乡 (城鄉) | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 乡镇 (鄉鎮) | xiāng zhèn | townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense) |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home; homeland |
| 乡下 (鄉下) | xiāng xia | countryside; rural area |
| 农村 (農村) | nóng cūn | rural area; village |
| 村民 | cūn mín | villager |
| 村庄 (村莊) | cūn zhuāng | village; hamlet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rustic”.
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.