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Chinese symbol for “recursion”

递归
dì guī
Traditional: 遞歸
recursion; recursive (calculation); recurrence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for recursion is 递归 (dì guī), defined as: recursion; recursive (calculation); recurrence.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

递 dì
to deliver, to hand over; substitute
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
归 guī
to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
radical 58 ⼹ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “recursion”

WordPinyinMeaning
递推 (遞推)dì tuīrecursion; recursive (calculation)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 递归.

WordPinyinMeaning
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
快递 (快遞)kuài dìexpress delivery
递交 (遞交)dì jiāoto present; to give
递增 (遞增)dì zēngto increase by degrees; in increasing order
递给 (遞給)dì gěito hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
递减 (遞減)dì jiǎnprogressively decreasing; gradually falling
回归 (回歸)huí guīto return to; to retreat
归属 (歸屬)guī shǔto belong to; to be affiliated to

See also: Japanese symbol for “recursion”.

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.

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