Chinese symbol for “fiber”
纤维
xiān wéi
Traditional: 纖維
fiber; 种 (zhǒng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fiber is 纤维 (xiān wéi), defined as: fiber; 种 (zhǒng).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纤维.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光纤 (光纖) | guāng xiān | optical fiber; fiber optics |
| 化纤 (化纖) | huà xiān | man-made fiber (abbr. for 化学纤维 (huà xué xiān wéi)) |
| 纤细 (纖細) | xiān xì | fine; slim |
| 纤维素 (纖維素) | xiān wéi sù | cellulose |
| 玻璃纤维 (玻璃纖維) | bō lí xiān wéi | fiberglass; glass fiber |
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard |
| 维持 (維持) | wéi chí | to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 思维 (思維) | sī wéi | (line of) thought; thinking |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fiber”.
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.