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Chinese symbol for “module”

模块
mó kuài
Traditional: 模塊
module (in software); functional unit; component part

The closest CC-CEDICT match for module is 模块 (mó kuài), defined as: module (in software); functional unit; component part.

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Characters and stroke order

模 mó
model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes
块 kuài
piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “module”

WordPinyinMeaning
组件 (組件)zǔ jiànmodule; unit
模组 (模組)mó zǔ(hardware or software) module (computing)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 模块.

WordPinyinMeaning
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
规模 (規模)guī móscale; scope; extent
大规模 (大規模)dà guī mólarge scale; extensive
模型mó xíngmodel; mold
模拟 (模擬)mó nǐimitation; to simulate
模特mó tè(fashion) model (loanword)
一块 (一塊)yī kuàia piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 (qíng gǎn zhè y
板块 (板塊)bǎn kuàislab; (geology) tectonic plate

See also: Japanese symbol for “module”.

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.