Chinese symbol for “least”
至少
zhì shǎo
at least; (to say the) least
The closest CC-CEDICT match for least is 至少 (zhì shǎo), defined as: at least; (to say the) least.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “least”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毫 | háo | hair; drawing brush |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 至少.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 至今 | zhì jīn | so far; to this day |
| 至于 (至於) | zhì yú | as for; as to |
| 截至 | jié zhì | up to (a time); by (a time) |
| 日至 | rì zhì | solstice; the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至 |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 不少 | bù shǎo | many; quite a few; a good number of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “least”.
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.