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Chinese symbol for “almost”

几乎
jī hū
Traditional: 幾乎
almost; nearly; practically

The closest CC-CEDICT match for almost is 几乎 (jī hū), defined as: almost; nearly; practically.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

几 jī
small table; how many; a few, some
radical 16 ⼏ · 2 strokes
乎 hū
interrogative or exclamatory final particle
radical 4 ⼃ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “almost”

WordPinyinMeaning
差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly
差点 (差點)chà diǎnalmost; nearly
将近 (將近)jiāng jìnalmost; nearly
快kuàirapid; quick
七七八八qī qī bā bāalmost; nearing completion

Related words

Other words that share a character with 几乎.

WordPinyinMeaning
几个 (幾個)jǐ gea few; several
几天 (幾天)jǐ tiānseveral days
几年 (幾年)jǐ niána few years; several years; how many years?
几次 (幾次)jǐ cìseveral times
几点 (幾點)jǐ diǎnwhat time?; when?
似乎sì hūit seems; seemingly; as if
不在乎bù zài hunot to care
在乎zài huto rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about

See also: Japanese symbol for “almost”.

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.

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