Chinese symbol for “research”
研究
yán jiū
research; a study; 项 (xiàng); to research
The closest CC-CEDICT match for research is 研究 (yán jiū), defined as: research; a study; 项 (xiàng); to research; to look into.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “research”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 查 | chá | to research; to check |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 治 | zhì | to rule; to govern |
| 调研 (調研) | diào yán | to investigate and research; research |
| 研 | yán | to grind; study |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 研究.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 研发 (研發) | yán fā | research and development; to develop |
| 研究所 | yán jiū suǒ | research institute; graduate studies |
| 研究生 | yán jiū shēng | graduate student; postgraduate student |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 研制 (研製) | yán zhì | to research and manufacture; to research and to develop |
| 究竟 | jiū jìng | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all |
| 研究员 (研究員) | yán jiū yuán | researcher |
| 研究院 | yán jiū yuàn | research institute; academy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “research”.
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.