Chinese symbol for “survival”
求存
qiú cún
survival; the struggle to eke out a living; to seek for continued existence
The closest CC-CEDICT match for survival is 求存 (qiú cún), defined as: survival; the struggle to eke out a living; to seek for continued existence.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “survival”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 存活 | cún huó | to survive (a serious accident); survival |
| 余生 (餘生) | yú shēng | the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 求存.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require |
| 需求 | xū qiú | requirement; to require |
| 请求 (請求) | qǐng qiú | to request; to ask; request (个 (gè)) |
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after |
| 寻求 (尋求) | xún qiú | to seek; to look for |
| 诉求 (訴求) | sù qiú | to demand; to call for; to petition; demand; wish; request |
| 存在 | cún zài | to exist; to be |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist; to survive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “survival”.
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.