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Chinese symbol for “normal”

正常
zhèng cháng
normal; regular

The closest CC-CEDICT match for normal is 正常 (zhèng cháng), defined as: normal; regular.

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Characters and stroke order

正 zhèng
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
radical 77 ⽌ · 5 strokes
常 cháng
common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
radical 50 ⼱ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “normal”

WordPinyinMeaning
通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally
规范性 (規範性)guī fàn xìngnormal; standard
师范 (師範)shī fànteacher-training; pedagogical
对头 (對頭)duì tóucorrect; normal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 正常.

WordPinyinMeaning
正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
正式zhèng shìformal; official
正确 (正確)zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper
正是zhèng shìis precisely
非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary
经常 (經常)jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally

See also: Japanese symbol for “normal”.

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.