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Chinese symbol for “determinism”

决定论
jué dìng lùn
Traditional: 決定論
determinism

The closest CC-CEDICT match for determinism is 决定论 (jué dìng lùn), defined as: determinism.

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Characters and stroke order

决 jué
to decide, to determine, to judge
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
论 lùn
debate; discussion
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 决定论.

WordPinyinMeaning
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
决议 (決議)jué yìa resolution; to pass a resolution
坚决 (堅決)jiān juéfirm; resolute; determined
决策 (決策)jué cèstrategic decision; decision-making
判决 (判決)pàn juéjudgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “determinism”.

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.