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Chinese symbol for “comparative”

比较级
bǐ jiào jí
Traditional: 比較級
(grammar) the comparative

The closest CC-CEDICT match for comparative is 比较级 (bǐ jiào jí), defined as: (grammar) the comparative.

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Characters and stroke order

比 bǐ
to compare, liken; comparison; than
radical 81 ⽐ · 4 strokes
较 jiào
to compare; relatively; more
radical 159 ⾞ · 10 strokes
级 jí
level, rank; class, grade
radical 120 ⽷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 比较级.

WordPinyinMeaning
比较 (比較)bǐ jiàoto compare; to contrast
比赛 (比賽)bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match
比如bǐ rúfor example; for instance; such as
比例bǐ lìproportion; scale
相比xiāng bǐto compare
对比 (對比)duì bǐto contrast; contrast
较为 (較為)jiào wéicomparatively; relatively
较大 (較大)jiào dàcomparatively large
高级 (高級)gāo jíhigh level; high grade

See also: Japanese symbol for “comparative”.

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.