Chinese symbol for “semester”
学期
xué qī
Traditional: 學期
term; semester; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for semester is 学期 (xué qī), defined as: term; semester; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 学期.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学校 (學校) | xué xiào | school; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学习 (學習) | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
| 学院 (學院) | xué yuàn | college; educational institute |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “semester”.
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.