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Chinese symbol for “multilevel”

多层
duō céng
Traditional: 多層
multilayered; multilevel; multistory

The closest CC-CEDICT match for multilevel is 多层 (duō céng), defined as: multilayered; multilevel; multistory.

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Characters and stroke order

多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes
层 céng
layer, floor, story, stratum
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 多层.

WordPinyinMeaning
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
多数 (多數)duō shùmajority; most
多么 (多麼)duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)
基层 (基層)jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit
层面 (層面)céng miànaspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc)
高层 (高層)gāo cénghigh-rise; high level; high class

See also: Japanese symbol for “multilevel”.

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.