Chinese symbol for “radical”
激进
jī jìn
Traditional: 激進
radical; extreme; extremist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for radical is 激进 (jī jìn), defined as: radical; extreme; extremist.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “radical”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基团 (基團) | jī tuán | radical (chemistry) |
| 激进分子 (激進分子) | jī jìn fèn zǐ | radical; extremist |
| 基 | jī | (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry) |
| 根 | gēn | root; basis |
| 根式 | gēn shì | (math.) a radical; a radical expression |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 激进.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺激 | cì jī | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant |
| 激烈 | jī liè | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce |
| 激动 (激動) | jī dòng | to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions) |
| 激发 (激發) | jī fā | to arouse; to stimulate |
| 激励 (激勵) | jī lì | to encourage; to urge |
| 激情 | jī qíng | passion; fervor |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 进入 (進入) | jìn rù | to enter; to go into |
See also: Japanese symbol for “radical”.
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.