Chinese symbol for “entropy”
熵
shāng
entropy (character created in 1923)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for entropy is 熵 (shāng), defined as: entropy (character created in 1923).
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Related words
Other words that share a character with 熵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交叉熵 | jiāo chā shāng | cross entropy (information theory) |
| 内熵 (內熵) | nèi shāng | internal entropy (physics) |
| 等熵线 (等熵線) | děng shāng xiàn | (physics) isentropic curve |
See also: Japanese symbol for “entropy”.
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.