Chinese symbol for “squire”
乡绅
xiāng shēn
Traditional: 鄉紳
a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squire is 乡绅 (xiāng shēn), defined as: a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乡绅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡村 (鄉村) | xiāng cūn | rustic; village |
| 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 |
| 绅士 (紳士) | shēn shì | gentleman |
| 豪绅 (豪紳) | háo shēn | local despot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squire”.
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.