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Chinese symbol for “calculus”

微积分
wēi jī fēn
Traditional: 微積分
calculus (branch of mathematics)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for calculus is 微积分 (wēi jī fēn), defined as: calculus (branch of mathematics).

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Characters and stroke order

微 wēi
small, tiny, trifling; micro-
radical 60 ⼻ · 13 strokes
积 jī
to store up, to amass, to accumulate
radical 115 ⽲ · 10 strokes
分 fēn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “calculus”

WordPinyinMeaning
微积分学 (微積分學)wēi jī fēn xuécalculus (branch of mathematics)
结石 (結石)jié shí(medicine) calculus; stone

Related words

Other words that share a character with 微积分.

WordPinyinMeaning
微博wēi bómicroblogging; microblog
微笑wēi xiàosmile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī)
稍微shāo wēia little bit
轻微 (輕微)qīng wēislight; light
微生物wēi shēng wùmicroorganism
微型wēi xíngminiature; micro-; tiny
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]

See also: Japanese symbol for “calculus”.

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.