Chinese symbol for “taxonomy”
分类学
fēn lèi xué
Traditional: 分類學
taxonomy; taxology; systematics
The closest CC-CEDICT match for taxonomy is 分类学 (fēn lèi xué), defined as: taxonomy; taxology; systematics.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 分类学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 分析 | fēn xī | to analyze; analysis |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
| 分钟 (分鐘) | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 十分 | shí fēn | very; completely |
| 分享 | fēn xiǎng | to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial) |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “taxonomy”.
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.