Chinese symbol for “spherical”
球形
qiú xíng
spherical; ball-shaped
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spherical is 球形 (qiú xíng), defined as: spherical; ball-shaped.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “spherical”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圆 (圓) | yuán | circle; round |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 球形.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全球 | quán qiú | the whole world; worldwide; global |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
| 地球 | dì qiú | the earth |
| 球队 (球隊) | qiú duì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
| 球员 (球員) | qiú yuán | (ball sports) player; team member |
| 篮球 (籃球) | lán qiú | basketball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī) |
| 形成 | xíng chéng | to form; to take shape |
| 形式 | xíng shì | outer appearance; form |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spherical”.
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.