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Chinese symbol for “modulus”

系数
xì shù
Traditional: 係數
coefficient; factor; modulus; ratio

The closest CC-CEDICT match for modulus is 系数 (xì shù), defined as: coefficient; factor; modulus; ratio.

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Characters and stroke order

系 xì
system; line, link, connection
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes
数 shù
count, number, several
radical 66 ⽁ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “modulus”

WordPinyinMeaning
参量 (參量)cān liàngparameter (math); quantity used as a parameter
极径 (極徑)jí jìngmodulus (distance from the origin in polar coordinates)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 系数.

WordPinyinMeaning
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
系统 (系統)xì tǒngsystem; 个 (gè)
系列xì lièseries; set
联系 (聯係)lián xìvariant of 联系 (lián xì)
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “modulus”.

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.