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Chinese symbol for “equality”

等式
děng shì
an equality; an equation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for equality is 等式 (děng shì), defined as: an equality; an equation.

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Characters and stroke order

等 děng
rank, grade; same, equal; to wait
radical 118 ⽵ · 12 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “equality”

WordPinyinMeaning
平等píng děngequal; equality

Related words

Other words that share a character with 等式.

WordPinyinMeaning
等等děng děnget cetera; and so on ...
平等píng děngequal; equality
等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
等级 (等級)děng jígrade; rank
等于 (等於)děng yúto equal; to be tantamount to
高等gāo děnghigh-level; higher (animals, education etc)
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
正式zhèng shìformal; official

See also: Japanese symbol for “equality”.

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.