Chinese symbol for “secular”
世俗
shì sú
profane; secular; worldly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for secular is 世俗 (shì sú), defined as: profane; secular; worldly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “secular”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 世俗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 世纪 (世紀) | shì jì | century |
| 全世界 | quán shì jiè | worldwide; entire world |
| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away; to die |
| 世上 | shì shàng | on earth |
| 逝世 | shì shì | to pass away; to die |
| 习俗 (習俗) | xí sú | custom; tradition |
| 俗称 (俗稱) | sú chēng | commonly referred to as; common term |
See also: Japanese symbol for “secular”.
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.