Chinese symbol for “exhaustive”
周延
zhōu yán
exhaustive; distributed (logic: applies to every instance)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exhaustive is 周延 (zhōu yán), defined as: exhaustive; distributed (logic: applies to every instance).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “exhaustive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 详尽 (詳盡) | xiáng jìn | thorough and detailed; exhaustive |
| 详尽无遗 (詳盡無遺) | xiáng jìn wú yí | exhaustive; thorough |
| 浩繁 | hào fán | vast; voluminous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 周延.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周年 (週年) | zhōu nián | anniversary; annual |
| 周围 (周圍) | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 周末 (週末) | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 一周 | yī zhōu | one week; all the way around |
| 周期 (週期) | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
| 周边 (周邊) | zhōu biān | periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral |
| 延长 (延長) | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exhaustive”.
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.