村 (cūn): village

村 (cūn) is a Chinese character meaning “village.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 寸 (phonetic). It ranks #712 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 村 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. village

Etymology & Origin

村

pictophonetictree

Decomposition: ⿰木寸 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 村

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
乡村nounxiāng cūnrustic5
村庄nouncūn zhuāngvillage6
农村nounnóng cūnrural area4

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
村子nouncūn zivillage
村民nouncūn mínvillager
村里cūn lǐvillage
村长nouncūn zhǎngvillage chief
中村proper-nounzhōng cūnNakamura (Japanese surname)
村落nouncūn luòvillage
度假村noundù jià cūnresort (vacation property)
野村yě cūnNomura (Japanese surname)
山村nounshān cūnmountain village
西村proper-nounxī cūnNishimura (Japanese surname)
村姑nouncūn gūvillage girl
村上proper-nouncūn shàngMurakami (Japanese surname)
村夫cūn fūmale villager
村委会nouncūn wěi huìvillage committee
村镇nouncūn zhènhamlet (place)
63
Total compounds
33
As first character
43
As last character
24
As middle character

村 appears in 63 compound words: 33 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 村 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

乡xiāng
0.54537,194 co-occurrences
农nóng
0.54335,150 co-occurrences
庄zhuāng
0.53947,347 co-occurrences
镇zhèn
0.48669,454 co-occurrences
沟gōu
0.4757,878 co-occurrences
塘táng
0.46710,408 co-occurrences
寨zhài
0.4617,152 co-occurrences
田tián
0.45844,082 co-occurrences
岭lǐng
0.4556,836 co-occurrences
坪píng
0.4466,572 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

乡村音乐xiāngcūn yīnyuèHSK 4+

country music

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个村庄的年轻人大多外出打工,留守的多是老人和孩子。

Zhè gè cūnzhuāng de niánqīng rén dàduō wàichū dǎgōng, liúshǒu de duō shì lǎorén hé háizi.

Most young people in this village work outside, leaving mostly elderly and children behind.

StheadlineFeb 2026

...食 屏山传人坚守柴火制盆菜 父女档延续围村风味

. . . shí bǐng shān chuán rén jiān shǒu chái huǒ zhì pén cài fù nǚ dàng yán xù wéi cūn fēng wèi

... Food Pingshan descendants stick to firewood to make poon choi, and the father and daughter stall continue the flavor of the walled village

PcmFeb 2026

村屋旧楼入门 5G 路由器恩物 Wavli...

cūn wū jiù lóu rù mén 5 G lù yóu qì ēn wù W a v l i . . .

Village House Old Building Entry 5G Router Gift Wavli...

Hk01.comFeb 2026

将军澳村屋7岁男童疑弄坏舅父iPad 遭衣架打及...

jiāng jūn ào cūn wū 7 suì nán tóng yí nòng huài jiù fù i P a d zāo yī jià dǎ jí . . .

A 7-year-old boy in a village house in Tseung Kwan O was suspected of breaking his uncle's iPad and was hit by a hanger...

百度新闻Feb 2026

三亚110个机关单位及村(社区)停车场春节免费开放

sān yà gě jī guān shàn wèi jí cūn shè ōu tíng chē chǎng chūn jié miǎn fèi kāi fàng

Sanya 110 institutions and units and village (community) parking lots open for free in the Spring Festival

百度新闻Feb 2026

对话滞留俄罗斯“极光村”的中国游客:路两边的冰雪堆..

duì huà zhì liú é luó sī jí guāng cūn de zhōng guó yóu kè lù liǎng biān de bīng xuě duī . .

Dialogue with Chinese tourists stranded in Russia's "Aurora Village": Ice and snow piles on both sides of the road...

Tatoeba

去那个村庄的唯一途径是过河。

Qù nèige cūnzhuāng de wéiyī tújìng shì guò hé.

The only access to the village is from the river.

Tatoeba

我天黑之前到达了村庄。

Wǒ tiānhēi zhīqián dàodá le cūnzhuāng.

I arrived at the village before dark.

Tatoeba

距离村内的邮政局不到一公里。

Jùlí cūn nèi de yóuzhèngjú bù dào yī gōnglǐ.

It was less than one kilometer to the village post office.

Tatoeba

我们成了整个村庄的笑柄。

Wǒmen chéngle zhěnggè cūnzhuāng de xiàobǐng.

We've become a mockery to the whole village.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 木 (tree) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced cūn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 村 (cūn) mean in Chinese?
村 (cūn) primarily means "village." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #712 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 村 and 寻?
村 (cūn) and 寻 (xún) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 木 vs 寸 (same 寸 component).
How many strokes does 村 have?
村 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 村?
The radical associated with 村 is 木 (tree). This radical appears in many characters related to tree.
What are the components of 村?
村 is composed of: 木 (semantic), 寸 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰木寸 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 村?
Common words with 村 include: 乡村 (xiāng cūn, "rustic"); 村子 (cūn zi, "village"); 村庄 (cūn zhuāng, "village"); 村民 (cūn mín, "villager"); 村里 (cūn lǐ, "village"). There are over 63 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 村 (cūn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation cūn: 存 (to exist), 寸 (a unit of length). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 村 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 村 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.