Chinese symbol for “cascading”
级联
jí lián
Traditional: 級聯
cascade; cascading
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cascading is 级联 (jí lián), defined as: cascade; cascading.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 级联.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 超级 (超級) | chāo jí | super-; ultra- |
| 升级 (升級) | shēng jí | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity) |
| 阶级 (階級) | jiē jí | (social) class; 个 (gè) |
| 一级 (一級) | yī jí | first class; category A |
| 等级 (等級) | děng jí | grade; rank |
| 联系 (聯係) | lián xì | variant of 联系 (lián xì) |
| 联合 (聯合) | lián hé | to combine; to join |
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.