Chinese symbol for “metric”

度量

dù liàng

measure; tolerance; breadth; magnanimity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for metric is 度量 (dù liàng), defined as: measure; tolerance; breadth; magnanimity; (math.) metric.

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Characters and stroke order

度 dù

degree, system; manner; to consider

radical 53 ⼴ · 9 strokes

量 liàng

measure, volume; amount, quantity

radical 166 ⾥ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 度量.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
制度	zhì dù	system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
程度	chéng dù	degree; level; extent
态度 (態度)	tài du	manner; bearing
速度	sù dù	speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
高度	gāo dù	height; altitude
年度	nián dù	year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual
力量	lì liang	power; force; strength
大量	dà liàng	great amount; large quantity

See also: Japanese symbol for “metric”.

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.