Chinese symbol for “village”
村
cūn
village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for village is 村 (cūn), defined as: village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “village”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 村庄 (村莊) | cūn zhuāng | village; hamlet |
| 村落 | cūn luò | village |
| 堡 | bǔ | village (used in place names) |
| 村里 | cūn lǐ | village; hamlet |
| 村子 | cūn zi | village |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 村.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农村 (農村) | nóng cūn | rural area; village |
| 乡村 (鄉村) | xiāng cūn | rustic; village |
| 村民 | cūn mín | villager |
| 村庄 (村莊) | cūn zhuāng | village; hamlet |
| 村落 | cūn luò | village |
| 村里 | cūn lǐ | village; hamlet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “village”.
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.