Chinese symbol for “programmed”

程控

chéng kòng

programmed; under automatic control

The closest CC-CEDICT match for programmed is 程控 (chéng kòng), defined as: programmed; under automatic control.

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Characters and stroke order

程 chéng

process, rules; journey, trip; agenda, schedule

radical 115 ⽲ · 12 strokes

控 kòng

to accuse, to charge; to control; to sue

radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 程控.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
过程 (過程)	guò chéng	course of events; process
工程	gōng chéng	engineering; an engineering project
程度	chéng dù	degree; level; extent
程序	chéng xù	procedures; sequence
课程 (課程)	kè chéng	course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén)
进程 (進程)	jìn chéng	course of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
控制	kòng zhì	to control
监控 (監控)	jiān kòng	to monitor

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.