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Chinese symbol for “heuristics”

启发法
qǐ fā fǎ
Traditional: 啟發法
heuristic method; heuristics

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heuristics is 启发法 (qǐ fā fǎ), defined as: heuristic method; heuristics.

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
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 启发法.

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
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of

See also: Japanese symbol for “heuristics”.

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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