Chinese symbol for “task”
课题
kè tí
Traditional: 課題
task; problem; issue
The closest CC-CEDICT match for task is 课题 (kè tí), defined as: task; problem; issue.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “task”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作业 (作業) | zuò yè | school assignment; homework |
| 功课 (功課) | gōng kè | homework; assignment |
| 担子 (擔子) | dàn zi | carrying pole and the loads on it; burden |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 课题.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 课程 (課程) | kè chéng | course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén) |
| 上课 (上課) | shàng kè | to go to class; to attend class |
| 课堂 (課堂) | kè táng | classroom (间 (jiān)); class session |
| 授课 (授課) | shòu kè | to teach; to give lessons |
| 功课 (功課) | gōng kè | homework; assignment |
| 问题 (問題) | wèn tí | question; problem |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 话题 (話題) | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “task”.
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.