Chinese symbol for “periodic”
周期性
zhōu qī xìng
Traditional: 週期性
periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for periodic is 周期性 (zhōu qī xìng), defined as: periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “periodic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 周期性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周年 (週年) | zhōu nián | anniversary; annual |
| 周围 (周圍) | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 周末 (週末) | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 一周 | yī zhōu | one week; all the way around |
| 周期 (週期) | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
| 周边 (周邊) | zhōu biān | periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “periodic”.
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.