Chinese symbol for “compute”
计算
jì suàn
Traditional: 計算
to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over; to plot; to scheme
The closest CC-CEDICT match for compute is 计算 (jì suàn), defined as: to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over; to plot; to scheme.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “compute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 计 (計) | jì | to calculate; to compute |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 计算.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 计划 (計劃) | jì huà | plan; project |
| 设计 (設計) | shè jì | to design; to plan; design; plan |
| 统计 (統計) | tǒng jì | statistics; to count |
| 估计 (估計) | gū jì | to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...) |
| 计算机 (計算機) | jì suàn jī | computer; (Tw) calculator |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 预算 (預算) | yù suàn | budget |
| 就算 | jiù suàn | (coll.) even if |
See also: Japanese symbol for “compute”.
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.