Chinese symbol for “figure”
外形
wài xíng
figure; shape; external form; contour
The closest CC-CEDICT match for figure is 外形 (wài xíng), defined as: figure; shape; external form; contour.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “figure”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 数 (數) | shù | number; figure; several; a few |
| 形体 (形體) | xíng tǐ | figure; physique |
| 身形 | shēn xíng | figure (esp. a woman's) |
| 体形 (體形) | tǐ xíng | figure; bodily form |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 外形.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 国外 (國外) | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 形成 | xíng chéng | to form; to take shape |
| 形式 | xíng shì | outer appearance; form |
See also: Japanese symbol for “figure”.
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.