Chinese symbol for “continuation”
续篇
xù piān
Traditional: 續篇
sequel; continuation (of a story)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for continuation is 续篇 (xù piān), defined as: sequel; continuation (of a story).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “continuation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 续编 (續編) | xù biān | sequel; continuation (of a serial publication) |
| 嗣徽 | sì huī | heritage; the continuation (of a tradition) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 续篇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 继续 (繼續) | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 持续 (持續) | chí xù | to continue; to last; to persist |
| 连续 (連續) | lián xù | continuous; in a row |
| 陆续 (陸續) | lù xù | in turn; successively |
| 延续 (延續) | yán xù | to continue; to go on |
| 手续 (手續) | shǒu xù | procedure; measure word: 道 (dào), 个 (gè) |
| 长篇 (長篇) | cháng piān | lengthy (report or speech) |
| 篇幅 | piān fu | length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page |
See also: Japanese symbol for “continuation”.
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.