Chinese symbol for “convex”
凸起
tū qǐ
convex; protruding; to protrude; to bulge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for convex is 凸起 (tū qǐ), defined as: convex; protruding; to protrude; to bulge; to buckle upwards.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “convex”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凸 | tū | to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2] |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凸起.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凸显 (凸顯) | tū xiǎn | to stand out clearly; to make prominent |
| 凸现 (凸現) | tū xiàn | to come to prominence; to appear clearly |
| 凸出 | tū chū | to protrude; to stick out |
| 凹凸 | āo tū | concave or convex; bumps and holes |
| 凸轮 (凸輪) | tū lún | cam |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “convex”.
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.