Chinese symbol for “covariance”
协方差
xié fāng chā
Traditional: 協方差
(statistics) covariance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for covariance is 协方差 (xié fāng chā), defined as: (statistics) covariance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 协方差.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 协议 (協議) | xié yì | agreement; pact |
| 协会 (協會) | xié huì | an association; a society |
| 协助 (協助) | xié zhù | to provide assistance; to aid |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 协定 (協定) | xié dìng | agreement; accord |
| 协商 (協商) | xié shāng | to consult with; to talk things over |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 差异 (差異) | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “covariance”.
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.