Chinese symbol for “degree”
程度
chéng dù
degree; level; extent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for degree is 程度 (chéng dù), defined as: degree; level; extent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “degree”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 份儿 (份兒) | fèn r | degree; extent |
| 地步 | dì bù | stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation |
| 度 | dù | to pass; to spend (time) |
| 分际 (分際) | fèn jì | boundary; dividing line (between roles, spheres or concepts); limits (of propriety, duty etc); degree; extent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 程度.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
| 程序 | chéng xù | procedures; sequence |
| 课程 (課程) | kè chéng | course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén) |
| 进程 (進程) | jìn chéng | course of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program) |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
| 速度 | sù dù | speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo |
See also: Japanese symbol for “degree”.
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.