Chinese symbol for “cortex”
皮质
pí zhì
Traditional: 皮質
cortex; cerebral cortex
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cortex is 皮质 (pí zhì), defined as: cortex; cerebral cortex.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cortex”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 皮质.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮肤 (皮膚) | pí fū | skin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài) |
| 皮革 | pí gé | leather; 张 (zhāng) |
| 皮带 (皮帶) | pí dài | strap; leather belt |
| 调皮 (調皮) | tiáo pí | naughty; mischievous |
| 皮鞋 | pí xié | leather shoes |
| 白皮书 (白皮書) | bái pí shū | white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation); white book |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cortex”.
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.