Chinese symbol for “rubric”
名目
míng mù
name; designation; item; rubric
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rubric is 名目 (míng mù), defined as: name; designation; item; rubric; (formal usage) fame.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rubric”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 评价量规 (評價量規) | píng jià liáng guī | rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 名目.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous; noted |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 知名 | zhī míng | well-known; famous |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
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.