Chinese symbol for “abstract”
抽象
chōu xiàng
abstract; abstraction; 种 (zhǒng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abstract is 抽象 (chōu xiàng), defined as: abstract; abstraction; 种 (zhǒng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “abstract”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摸 | mō | to feel with the hand; to touch |
| 摘要 | zhāi yào | summary; abstract |
| 提要 | tí yào | summary; abstract |
| 大要 | dà yào | abstract; gist |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抽象.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抽烟 (抽煙) | chōu yān | variant of 抽烟 (chōu yān) |
| 抽出 | chōu chū | to take out; to extract |
| 抽取 | chōu qǔ | to extract; to remove |
| 抽屉 (抽屜) | chōu ti | drawer |
| 现象 (現象) | xiàn xiàng | phenomenon; 个 (gè),种 (zhǒng) |
| 对象 (對象) | duì xiàng | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 形象 | xíng xiàng | image; form |
| 想象 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine; to envision; imagination |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abstract”.
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.