Chinese symbol for “path”
路径
lù jìng
Traditional: 路徑
path; route; method; ways and means
The closest CC-CEDICT match for path is 路径 (lù jìng), defined as: path; route; method; ways and means.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “path”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蹊径 (蹊徑) | xī jìng | path; (fig.) way |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 径 (徑) | jìng | footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight |
| 径 (逕) | jìng | footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means (variant of 径 (jìng)); directly; straight (variant of 径 (jìng)) |
| 轨 (軌) | guǐ | (bound form) rail; track; course; path |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 路径.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; route |
| 公路 | gōng lù | highway; road |
| 路上 | lù shang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 一路 | yī lù | the whole journey; all the way |
| 途径 (途徑) | tú jìng | way; means; channel |
| 直径 (直徑) | zhí jìng | diameter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “path”.
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.