Chinese symbol for “cube”
立方
lì fāng
cube (math.); abbr. for 立方体 (lì fāng tǐ); abbr. for 立方米 (lì fāng mǐ)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cube is 立方 (lì fāng), defined as: cube (math.); abbr. for 立方体 (lì fāng tǐ); abbr. for 立方米 (lì fāng mǐ).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cube”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方块 (方塊) | fāng kuài | cube; block; square; diamond ♦ (in card games) |
| 立方体 (立方體) | lì fāng tǐ | cube; cubic |
| 三次方 | sān cì fāng | cube (third power, math.) |
| 三次幂 (三次冪) | sān cì mì | (math.) cube; power of 3 |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 立方.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 成立 | chéng lì | to establish; to set up |
| 独立 (獨立) | dú lì | independent; independence |
| 设立 (設立) | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately |
| 立法 | lì fǎ | to enact laws; to legislate |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cube”.
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.