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Chinese symbol for “ellipsis”

省略号
shěng lüè hào
Traditional: 省略號
(punctuation) ellipsis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ellipsis is 省略号 (shěng lüè hào), defined as: (punctuation) ellipsis.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

省 shěng
province; frugal; to save, to leave out
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
略 lüè
approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot
radical 102 ⽥ · 11 strokes
号 hào
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 省略号.

WordPinyinMeaning
全省quán shěngthe whole province
省份shěng fènprovince
省级 (省級)shěng jí(administrative) province-level
节省 (節省)jié shěngsaving; to save
省委shěng wěiprovincial Party committee
省长 (省長)shěng zhǎnggovernor of a province
战略 (戰略)zhàn lüèstrategy
策略cè lüèstrategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
信号 (信號)xìn hàosignal

See also: Japanese symbol for “ellipsis”.

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.

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