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Chinese symbol for “interdisciplinary”

跨学科
kuà xué kē
Traditional: 跨學科
interdisciplinary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for interdisciplinary is 跨学科 (kuà xué kē), defined as: interdisciplinary.

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

跨 kuà
to straddle, to ride; to span, to stretch across
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “interdisciplinary”

WordPinyinMeaning
交叉学科 (交叉學科)jiāo chā xué kēinterdisciplinary; interdisciplinary subject (in science)
多学科 (多學科)duō xué kēinterdisciplinary
跨领域 (跨領域)kuà lǐng yùinterdisciplinary

Related words

Other words that share a character with 跨学科.

WordPinyinMeaning
跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
跨国 (跨國)kuà guótransnational; multinational
横跨 (橫跨)héng kuàto span; to stretch across
跨境kuà jìngcross-border
跨国公司 (跨國公司)kuà guó gōng sītransnational corporation; multinational corporation
跨度kuà dùspan; horizontal distance between vertical supports
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
科技kē jìscience and technology

See also: Japanese symbol for “interdisciplinary”.

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.