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Chinese symbol for “synthesize”

综
zōng
Traditional: 綜
(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. [zong4]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for synthesize is 综 (zōng), defined as: (bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. [zong4].

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Characters and stroke order

综 zōng
to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “synthesize”

WordPinyinMeaning
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite
错综 (錯綜)cuò zōngintricate; complicated

Related words

Other words that share a character with 综.

WordPinyinMeaning
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite
综艺 (綜藝)zōng yìvariety (entertainment format)
综合性 (綜合性)zōng hé xìngsynthesis
综合症 (綜合症)zōng hé zhèngsyndrome
综合征 (綜合徵)zōng hé zhēngsyndrome
综述 (綜述)zōng shùto sum up; a roundup

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.