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Chinese symbol for “determinant”

行列式
háng liè shì
determinant (math.)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for determinant is 行列式 (háng liè shì), defined as: determinant (math.).

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Characters and stroke order

行 háng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
列 liè
a line; to arrange, to classify
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “determinant”

WordPinyinMeaning
种差 (種差)zhǒng chādeterminant (characteristic of a species)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 行列式.

WordPinyinMeaning
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
行为 (行為)xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
银行 (銀行)yín hángbank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
系列xì lièseries; set
一系列yī xì lièa series of; a string of
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “determinant”.

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.