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Chinese symbol for “heuristic”

启发式
qǐ fā shì
Traditional: 啟發式
heuristic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heuristic is 启发式 (qǐ fā shì), defined as: heuristic.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

启 qǐ
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 启发式.

WordPinyinMeaning
启动 (啟動)qǐ dòngto start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion
开启 (開啟)kāi qǐto start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature)
启用 (啟用)qǐ yòngto start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)
启发 (啟發)qǐ fāto enlighten; to explain (a text etc)
启蒙 (啟矇)qǐ méngvariant of 启蒙 (qǐ méng); to instruct the young
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “heuristic”.

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.

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