Chinese symbol for “decode”
解码
jiě mǎ
Traditional: 解碼
to decode; to decipher
The closest CC-CEDICT match for decode is 解码 (jiě mǎ), defined as: to decode; to decipher.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “decode”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破译 (破譯) | pò yì | to decipher; to decode |
| 翻 | fān | to turn over; to flip over |
| 解读 (解讀) | jiě dú | to decipher; to decode |
| 诠释 (詮釋) | quán shì | to interpret; to comment and explain |
| 破解 | pò jiě | to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 解码.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 解释 (解釋) | jiě shì | explanation; to explain |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 解放 | jiě fàng | to liberate; to emancipate |
| 密码 (密碼) | mì mǎ | cipher; secret code; password; PIN |
| 代码 (代碼) | dài mǎ | code |
| 号码 (號碼) | hào mǎ | number; measure word: 堆 (duī), 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “decode”.
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.