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Chinese symbol for “periodicity”

周期性
zhōu qī xìng
Traditional: 週期性
periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for periodicity is 周期性 (zhōu qī xìng), defined as: periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity.

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Characters and stroke order

周 zhōu
Zhou dynasty; circumference
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
期 qī
a period of time; date, time; phase
radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “periodicity”

WordPinyinMeaning
周期系 (週期系)zhōu qī xìperiodic system; periodicity (chemistry)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 周期性.

WordPinyinMeaning
周年 (週年)zhōu niánanniversary; annual
周围 (周圍)zhōu wéienvirons; surroundings; periphery
周末 (週末)zhōu mòweekend
一周yī zhōuone week; all the way around
周期 (週期)zhōu qīperiod; cycle
周边 (周邊)zhōu biānperiphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral
时期 (時期)shí qīperiod; phase
期间 (期間)qī jiānperiod of time; time
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “periodicity”.

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.