Chinese symbol for “affine”

仿射

fǎng shè

(math.) affine

The closest CC-CEDICT match for affine is 仿射 (fǎng shè), defined as: (math.) affine.

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Characters and stroke order

仿 fǎng

to imitate, to copy; fake; as if

radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

射 shè

to shoot, to eject, to emit

radical 41 ⼨ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 仿射.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
模仿	mó fǎng	to imitate; to copy
仿佛	fǎng fú	to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
仿真	fǎng zhēn	to emulate; to simulate
仿效 (仿傚)	fǎng xiào	to copy; to imitate
效仿 (傚仿)	xiào fǎng	see 仿效 (fǎng xiào)
发射 (發射)	fā shè	to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket)
辐射 (輻射)	fú shè	to radiate; radiation
射击 (射擊)	shè jī	to shoot; to fire (a gun)

See also: Japanese symbol for “affine”.

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.