Chinese symbol for “ellipse”
椭
tuǒ
Traditional: 橢
ellipse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ellipse is 椭 (tuǒ), defined as: ellipse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ellipse”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 椭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 椭圆 (橢圓) | tuǒ yuán | oval; ellipse |
| 椭圆形 (橢圓形) | tuǒ yuán xíng | oval |
| 椭球 (橢球) | tuǒ qiú | (math.) ellipsoid |
| 椭圆函数 (橢圓函數) | tuǒ yuán hán shù | (math.) elliptic function |
| 椭圆曲线 (橢圓曲線) | tuǒ yuán qū xiàn | (math.) elliptic curve |
| 椭圆机 (橢圓機) | tuǒ yuán jī | elliptical machine (exercise) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ellipse”.
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.