Chinese symbol for “percentile”

百分位数

bǎi fēn wèi shù

Traditional: 百分位數

percentile (statistics)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for percentile is 百分位数 (bǎi fēn wèi shù), defined as: percentile (statistics).

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Characters and stroke order

百 bǎi

one hundred; numerous, many

radical 106 ⽩ · 6 strokes

分 fēn

to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity

radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

位 wèi

seat, throne; rank, status; position, location

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

数 shù

count, number, several

radical 66 ⽁ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

數 shù

Related words

Other words that share a character with 百分位数.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
百万 (百萬)	bǎi wàn	million
百姓	bǎi xìng	common people
百科	bǎi kē	universal; encyclopedic
百年	bǎi nián	hundred years; century; (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life
老百姓	lǎo bǎi xìng	ordinary people; the "person in the street"
百分点 (百分點)	bǎi fēn diǎn	percentage point
部分	bù fen	part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
分析	fēn xī	to analyze; analysis
单位 (單位)	dān wèi	unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
数据 (數據)	shù jù	data

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.