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Chinese symbol for “gradient”

梯度
tī dù
gradient

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gradient is 梯度 (tī dù), defined as: gradient.

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Characters and stroke order

梯 tī
ladder, steps, stairs
radical 75 ⽊ · 11 strokes
度 dù
degree, system; manner; to consider
radical 53 ⼴ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “gradient”

WordPinyinMeaning
坡度pō dùgradient; slope
渐变 (漸變)jiàn biàngradual change; (graphic design) gradient
陡度dǒu dùgradient
斜度xié dùslope; gradient

Related words

Other words that share a character with 梯度.

WordPinyinMeaning
电梯 (電梯)diàn tīelevator; escalator
楼梯 (樓梯)lóu tīstair; staircase
阶梯 (階梯)jiē tīflight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
梯子tī ziladder; stepladder; (Internet slang) VPN or other tool used to circumvent internet censorship
梯队 (梯隊)tī duìechelon (military formation); (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent
态度 (態度)tài dumanner; bearing

See also: Japanese symbol for “gradient”.

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.