Chinese symbol for “default”
缺省
quē shěng
default (setting)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for default is 缺省 (quē shěng), defined as: default (setting).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “default”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 违约 (違約) | wéi yuē | to break a promise; to violate an agreement |
| 默认 (默認) | mò rèn | to agree tacitly; tacit approval |
| 预设 (預設) | yù shè | to presuppose; to predispose |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缺省.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack; to be short of |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack; shortage of |
| 缺点 (缺點) | quē diǎn | weak point; fault |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect; flaw |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 缺席 | quē xí | to be absent |
| 全省 | quán shěng | the whole province |
| 省份 | shěng fèn | province |
See also: Japanese symbol for “default”.
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.