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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 启发式.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 启动 (啟動) | qǐ dòng | to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion |
| 开启 (開啟) | kāi qǐ | to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature) |
| 启用 (啟用) | qǐ yòng | to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature) |
| 启发 (啟發) | qǐ fā | to enlighten; to explain (a text etc) |
| 启蒙 (啟矇) | qǐ méng | variant of 启蒙 (qǐ méng); to instruct the young |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to 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 xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; 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.