Chinese symbol for “settlement”
聚落
jù luò
settlement; dwelling place; town; village
The closest CC-CEDICT match for settlement is 聚落 (jù luò), defined as: settlement; dwelling place; town; village.
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
Other Chinese words for “settlement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 定居点 (定居點) | dìng jū diǎn | settlement |
| 落 | luò | to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set |
| 和解 | hé jiě | to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile |
| 着落 (著落) | zhuó luò | whereabouts; place to settle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 聚落.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聚集 | jù jí | to assemble; to gather |
| 聚会 (聚會) | jù huì | party; gathering |
| 聚焦 | jù jiāo | to focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention |
| 凝聚 | níng jù | to condense; to coagulate |
| 聚合 | jù hé | to bring together; to combine into a whole; (chemistry) to polymerize |
| 团聚 (團聚) | tuán jù | to reunite; to have a reunion |
| 落实 (落實) | luò shí | practical; workable |
| 部落 | bù luò | tribe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “settlement”.
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.