Chinese symbol for “byte”
字节
zì jié
Traditional: 字節
(computing) byte; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for byte is 字节 (zì jié), defined as: (computing) byte; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “byte”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 字节.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 数字 (數字) | shù zì | numeral; digit |
| 文字 | wén zì | character; script |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet); 个 (gè) |
| 字幕 | zì mù | subtitles; captions (of a movie etc) |
| 汉字 (漢字) | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 细节 (細節) | xì jié | details; particulars |
See also: Japanese symbol for “byte”.
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.