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Chinese symbol for “urbanization”

城市化
chéng shì huà
urbanization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for urbanization is 城市化 (chéng shì huà), defined as: urbanization.

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Characters and stroke order

城 chéng
castle, city, town; municipality
radical 32 ⼟ · 9 strokes
市 shì
city, town; market, fair; to trade
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “urbanization”

WordPinyinMeaning
城镇化 (城鎮化)chéng zhèn huàurbanization

Related words

Other words that share a character with 城市化.

WordPinyinMeaning
城市chéng shìcity; town; measure word: 座 (zuò)
城镇 (城鎮)chéng zhèntown; cities and towns
城乡 (城鄉)chéng xiāngcity and countryside
城堡chéng bǎocastle; rook (chess piece)
城区 (城區)chéng qūcity district; urban area
县城 (縣城)xiàn chéngcounty seat; county town
市场 (市場)shì chǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
市长 (市長)shì zhǎngmayor
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “urbanization”.

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.