Chinese symbol for “specification”
规范
guī fàn
Traditional: 規範
norm; standard; specification; regulation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for specification is 规范 (guī fàn), defined as: norm; standard; specification; regulation; rule; within the rules.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “specification”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 格式 | gé shì | form; specification |
| 规格 (規格) | guī gé | standard; norm |
| 格 | gé | square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit) |
| 说明书 (說明書) | shuō míng shū | (technical) manual; (book of) directions |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 规范.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
| 规模 (規模) | guī mó | scale; scope; extent |
| 规律 (規律) | guī lǜ | rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior |
| 规划 (規劃) | guī huà | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program |
| 规则 (規則) | guī zé | rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed |
| 法规 (法規) | fǎ guī | legislation; statute |
| 范围 (範圍) | fàn wéi | range; scope |
| 示范 (示範) | shì fàn | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth |
See also: Japanese symbol for “specification”.
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.