Chinese symbol for “usual”
寻常
xún cháng
Traditional: 尋常
usual; common; ordinary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for usual is 寻常 (xún cháng), defined as: usual; common; ordinary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “usual”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 往常 | wǎng cháng | usual; customary |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
| 惯常 (慣常) | guàn cháng | usual; customary |
| 恒 (恆) | héng | permanent; constant |
| 惯有 (慣有) | guàn yǒu | customary; usual |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 寻常.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寻找 (尋找) | xún zhǎo | to seek; to look for |
| 寻求 (尋求) | xún qiú | to seek; to look for |
| 搜寻 (搜尋) | sōu xún | to search; to look for |
| 找寻 (找尋) | zhǎo xún | to look for; to seek |
| 追寻 (追尋) | zhuī xún | to pursue; to track down |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 经常 (經常) | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | normal; regular |
See also: Japanese symbol for “usual”.
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.