Chinese symbol for “nonzero”

非零

fēi líng

nonzero

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nonzero is 非零 (fēi líng), defined as: nonzero.

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Characters and stroke order

非 fēi

not, negative, non-; to oppose

radical 175 ⾮ · 8 strokes

零 líng

zero; fragment, fraction

radical 173 ⾬ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 非零.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
非常	fēi cháng	very; really; unusual; extraordinary
非法	fēi fǎ	illegal
并非 (並非)	bìng fēi	really isn't
除非	chú fēi	only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when
是非	shì fēi	right and wrong; quarrel; dispute
无非 (無非)	wú fēi	only; nothing else
零售	líng shòu	to retail; to sell in small quantities
零件	líng jiàn	part; component

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.