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Chinese symbol for “mathematician”

数学家
shù xué jiā
Traditional: 數學家
mathematician

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mathematician is 数学家 (shù xué jiā), defined as: mathematician.

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Characters and stroke order

数 shù
count, number, several
radical 66 ⽁ · 13 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 数学家.

WordPinyinMeaning
数据 (數據)shù jùdata
人数 (人數)rén shùnumber of people
数字 (數字)shù zìnumeral; digit
数量 (數量)shù liàngamount; quantity; quantitative
多数 (多數)duō shùmajority; most
少数 (少數)shǎo shùsmall number; few
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “mathematician”.

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.