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Chinese symbol for “diagonal”

对角线
duì jiǎo xiàn
Traditional: 對角線
(geometry) a diagonal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for diagonal is 对角线 (duì jiǎo xiàn), defined as: (geometry) a diagonal.

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Characters and stroke order

对 duì
correct, right; facing, opposed
radical 41 ⼨ · 5 strokes
角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes
线 xiàn
line, thread, wire; clue, trail
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 对角线.

WordPinyinMeaning
对于 (對於)duì yúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
反对 (反對)fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
绝对 (絕對)jué duìabsolute; unconditional
针对 (針對)zhēn duìto target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
面对 (面對)miàn duìto face; to confront
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
路线 (路線)lù xiànitinerary; route

See also: Japanese symbol for “diagonal”.

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.