Chinese symbol for “miscellaneous”
杂项
zá xiàng
Traditional: 雜項
miscellaneous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for miscellaneous is 杂项 (zá xiàng), defined as: miscellaneous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “miscellaneous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芜杂 (蕪雜) | wú zá | miscellaneous; mixed and disorderly (of writing) |
| 什 | shí | ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted |
| 杂 (雜) | zá | mixed; miscellaneous |
| 冗繁 | rǒng fán | miscellaneous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杂项.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复杂 (複雜) | fù zá | complicated; complex |
| 杂志 (雜誌) | zá zhì | magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī) |
| 杂交 (雜交) | zá jiāo | to hybridize; to crossbreed |
| 杂种 (雜種) | zá zhǒng | hybrid; mixed breed |
| 混杂 (混雜) | hùn zá | to mix; to mingle |
| 杂草 (雜草) | zá cǎo | weeds |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 事项 (事項) | shì xiàng | matter; item |
See also: Japanese symbol for “miscellaneous”.
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.