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Chinese symbol for “iq”

智商
zhì shāng
IQ (intelligence quotient)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for iq is 智商 (zhì shāng), defined as: IQ (intelligence quotient).

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Characters and stroke order

智 zhì
wisdom, knowledge, intelligence
radical 72 ⽇ · 12 strokes
商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 智商.

WordPinyinMeaning
智慧zhì huìwisdom; intelligence
智能zhì néngintelligent; able
理智lǐ zhìreason; intellect
智力zhì lìintelligence; intellect
智库 (智庫)zhì kùthink tank; intellectual resource
明智míng zhìsensible; wise
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade
商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “iq”.

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.