Chinese symbol for “dimension”
维度
wéi dù
Traditional: 維度
dimension (math.); dimensionality
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dimension is 维度 (wéi dù), defined as: dimension (math.); dimensionality.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dimension”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 次元 | cì yuán | dimension (loanword, from Japanese) |
| 维 (維) | wéi | to preserve; to maintain |
| 量纲 (量綱) | liàng gāng | dimension (unit) |
| 维数 (維數) | wéi shù | (math.) dimension; dimensionality |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 维度.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard |
| 维持 (維持) | wéi chí | to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 思维 (思維) | sī wéi | (line of) thought; thinking |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 纤维 (纖維) | xiān wéi | fiber; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 维基 (維基) | wéi jī | wiki (Internet) |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dimension”.
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.