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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

世 shì
generation, era, age; world
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
俗 sú
social customs; vulgar, unrefined
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “secular”

WordPinyinMeaning
非宗教fēi zōng jiàosecular (society); non-religious (party)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 世俗.

WordPinyinMeaning
世界shì jièworld
世纪 (世紀)shì jìcentury
全世界quán shì jièworldwide; entire world
去世qù shìto pass away; to die
世上shì shàngon earth
逝世shì shìto pass away; to die
习俗 (習俗)xí súcustom; tradition
俗称 (俗稱)sú chēngcommonly 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.

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