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Chinese symbol for “redundant”

冗长
rǒng cháng
Traditional: 冗長
long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for redundant is 冗长 (rǒng cháng), defined as: long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing).

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
长 cháng
long, lasting; to excel in
radical 168 ⾧ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “redundant”

WordPinyinMeaning
冗rǒngextraneous; redundant
冗余 (冗餘)rǒng yúredundancy; redundant
重沓chóng tàredundant; to pile up

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冗长.

WordPinyinMeaning
冗员 (冗員)rǒng yuánexcess personnel; superfluous staff
冗余 (冗餘)rǒng yúredundancy; redundant
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
增长 (增長)zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
长期 (長期)cháng qīlong-term; for a protracted period
部长 (部長)bù zhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief

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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