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Chinese symbol for “acceleration”

加速度
jiā sù dù
acceleration

The closest CC-CEDICT match for acceleration is 加速度 (jiā sù dù), defined as: acceleration.

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Characters and stroke order

加 jiā
to add to, to increase, to augment
radical 19 ⼒ · 5 strokes
速 sù
prompt, quick, speedy
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
度 dù
degree, system; manner; to consider
radical 53 ⼴ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 加速度.

WordPinyinMeaning
参加 (參加)cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
加入jiā rùto become a member; to join
加强 (加強)jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
加上jiā shàngto add; plus; in addition; moreover
速度sù dùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
快速kuài sùfast; high-speed; rapid
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution

See also: Japanese symbol for “acceleration”.

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.