Chinese symbol for “iota”
约塔
yāo tǎ
Traditional: 約塔
iota (Greek letter Ιι)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for iota is 约塔 (yāo tǎ), defined as: iota (Greek letter Ιι).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “iota”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 约塔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大约 (大約) | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
| 约定 (約定) | yuē dìng | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain |
| 合约 (合約) | hé yuē | contract; agreement; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 公约 (公約) | gōng yuē | convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| 约束 (約束) | yuē shù | to restrict; to limit to |
| 金字塔 | jīn zì tǎ | pyramid (building or structure) |
| 灯塔 (燈塔) | dēng tǎ | lighthouse; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “iota”.
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.