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Chinese symbol for “townspeople”

市民
shì mín
city resident; townspeople

The closest CC-CEDICT match for townspeople is 市民 (shì mín), defined as: city resident; townspeople.

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

市 shì
city, town; market, fair; to trade
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes
民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “townspeople”

WordPinyinMeaning
城里人 (城裡人)chéng lǐ réncity dweller; townspeople

Related words

Other words that share a character with 市民.

WordPinyinMeaning
城市chéng shìcity; town; measure word: 座 (zuò)
市场 (市場)shì chǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
市长 (市長)shì zhǎngmayor
上市shàng shìto hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
市区 (市區)shì qūurban district; downtown
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group

See also: Japanese symbol for “townspeople”.

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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