Chinese symbol for “double”
兼
jiān
double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
The closest CC-CEDICT match for double is 兼 (jiān), defined as: double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “double”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 双重 (雙重) | shuāng chóng | double |
| 加倍 | jiā bèi | to double; to redouble |
| 倍增 | bèi zēng | to double; to redouble |
| 翻倍 | fān bèi | to double |
| 复式 (複式) | fù shì | double; multiple |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 兼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兼职 (兼職) | jiān zhí | to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job |
| 兼任 | jiān rèn | to hold a concurrent post; part-time; (in academia) adjunct |
| 兼并 (兼併) | jiān bìng | to annex; to take over |
| 兼顾 (兼顧) | jiān gù | to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) |
| 兼容 | jiān róng | compatible |
| 兼具 | jiān jù | to combine; to have both |
See also: Japanese symbol for “double”.
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.