Chinese symbol for “minimalism”
极简主义
jí jiǎn zhǔ yì
Traditional: 極簡主義
minimalism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for minimalism is 极简主义 (jí jiǎn zhǔ yì), defined as: minimalism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “minimalism”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 断舍离 (斷捨離) | duàn shě lí | (neologism, attested by 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go") |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 极简主义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 积极 (積極) | jī jí | active; energetic |
| 极端 (極端) | jí duān | extreme |
| 极为 (極為) | jí wéi | extremely; exceedingly |
| 极大 (極大) | jí dà | enormous; great; (math.) maximum |
| 极其 (極其) | jí qí | extremely |
| 极度 (極度) | jí dù | extremely |
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 简直 (簡直) | jiǎn zhí | simply; really |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “minimalism”.
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