Chinese symbol for “settings”

设定

shè dìng

Traditional: 設定

to set (a goal, rule, limit, parameter etc); to specify; (computing) settings

The closest CC-CEDICT match for settings is 设定 (shè dìng), defined as: to set (a goal, rule, limit, parameter etc); to specify; (computing) settings.

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Characters and stroke order

设 shè

to build, to design; to establish; to offer

radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

定 dìng

to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure

radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

設 shè

Related words

Other words that share a character with 设定.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
建设 (建設)	jiàn shè	to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
设计 (設計)	shè jì	to design; to plan; design; plan
设备 (設備)	shè bèi	equipment; facilities; installations
设立 (設立)	shè lì	to set up; to establish
设置 (設置)	shè zhì	to set up; to install
设施 (設施)	shè shī	facilities; installation
决定 (決定)	jué dìng	to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定	yī dìng	surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled

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.