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Chinese symbol for “eta”

伊塔
yī tǎ
eta (Greek letter Η, η)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for eta is 伊塔 (yī tǎ), defined as: eta (Greek letter Η, η).

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Characters and stroke order

伊 yī
he she; this, that; used in transliterations
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
塔 tǎ
tower, spire, tall building
radical 32 ⼟ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “eta”

WordPinyinMeaning
艾塔ài tǎeta (Greek letter Η, η)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伊塔.

WordPinyinMeaning
伊始yī shǐoutset; beginning
木乃伊mù nǎi yī(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
伊玛目 (伊瑪目)yī mǎ mùimam (Islam) (loanword)
伊人yī rén(literary) that person (usually female); she
伊曼yī mànsee 伊玛目 (yī mǎ mù)
金字塔jīn zì tǎpyramid (building or structure)
灯塔 (燈塔)dēng tǎlighthouse; measure word: 座 (zuò)
炮塔pào tǎgun turret

See also: Japanese symbol for “eta”.

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.