Chinese symbol for “placeholder”
占位符
zhàn wèi fú
(computing) placeholder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for placeholder is 占位符 (zhàn wèi fú), defined as: (computing) placeholder.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 占位符.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 占据 (佔據) | zhàn jù | to occupy; to hold |
| 占有 (佔有) | zhàn yǒu | to have; to own |
| 占用 (佔用) | zhàn yòng | to occupy |
| 侵占 (侵佔) | qīn zhàn | to invade and occupy (territory) |
| 占地 | zhàn dì | to take up space; to occupy (space) |
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 位于 (位於) | wèi yú | to be located at; to be situated at |
| 符合 | fú hé | in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence |
See also: Japanese symbol for “placeholder”.
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.