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Chinese symbol for “polynomial”

多项式
duō xiàng shì
Traditional: 多項式
(math.) polynomial; multinomial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for polynomial is 多项式 (duō xiàng shì), defined as: (math.) polynomial; multinomial.

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Characters and stroke order

多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes
项 xiàng
neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
radical 181 ⾴ · 9 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “polynomial”

WordPinyinMeaning
整式zhěng shì(math.) polynomial

Related words

Other words that share a character with 多项式.

WordPinyinMeaning
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
多数 (多數)duō shùmajority; most
多么 (多麼)duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)
项目 (項目)xiàng mùitem; project; (sports) event
事项 (事項)shì xiàngmatter; item
专项 (專項)zhuān xiàngspecial; dedicated
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “polynomial”.

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.