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Chinese symbol for “redundancy”

冗余
rǒng yú
Traditional: 冗餘
redundancy; redundant

The closest CC-CEDICT match for redundancy is 冗余 (rǒng yú), defined as: redundancy; redundant.

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

冗 rǒng
excessive; superfluous
radical 14 ⼍ · 4 strokes
余 yú
surplus, remainder; surname
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “redundancy”

WordPinyinMeaning
重叠 (重疊)chóng diéto overlap; to superimpose
冗长度 (冗長度)rǒng cháng dù(level of) redundancy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冗余.

WordPinyinMeaning
冗长 (冗長)rǒng chánglong and tedious; redundant
冗员 (冗員)rǒng yuánexcess personnel; superfluous staff
繁冗fán rǒngvariant of 烦冗 (fán rǒng)
冗杂 (冗雜)rǒng zámany and varied; confused
拨冗 (撥冗)bō rǒngto find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs
其余 (其餘)qí yúthe rest; the others
余额 (餘額)yú ébalance (of an account, bill etc); surplus
业余 (業餘)yè yúin one's spare time; outside working hours

See also: Japanese symbol for “redundancy”.

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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