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Chinese symbol for “array”

阵列
zhèn liè
Traditional: 陣列
array; (military) formation; (Tw) (computing) array (data structure)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for array is 阵列 (zhèn liè), defined as: array; (military) formation; (Tw) (computing) array (data structure).

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Characters and stroke order

阵 zhèn
row, column; ranks, troop formation
radical 170 ⾩ · 6 strokes
列 liè
a line; to arrange, to classify
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “array”

WordPinyinMeaning
行列háng lièformation; array
数组 (數組)shù zǔ(computing) array

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阵列.

WordPinyinMeaning
一阵 (一陣)yī zhèna burst; a fit
阵营 (陣營)zhèn yínggroup of people; camp
阵地 (陣地)zhèn dì(military) position; front
阵容 (陣容)zhèn róngtroop arrangement; battle formation
一阵子 (一陣子)yī zhèn zia while; a spell
阵线 (陣線)zhèn xiàna front (militant group); line of battle
系列xì lièseries; set
一系列yī xì lièa series of; a string of

See also: Japanese symbol for “array”.

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.