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Chinese symbol for “thickness”

厚度
hòu dù
thickness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thickness is 厚度 (hòu dù), defined as: thickness.

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Characters and stroke order

厚 hòu
generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
radical 27 ⼚ · 9 strokes
度 dù
degree, system; manner; to consider
radical 53 ⼴ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “thickness”

WordPinyinMeaning
厚薄hòu báothickness; also pr. [hou4 bo2]
浓度 (濃度)nóng dùconcentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution); consistency
宽阔 (寬闊)kuān kuòexpansive; wide
粗细 (粗細)cū xìthick and thin; coarse and fine

Related words

Other words that share a character with 厚度.

WordPinyinMeaning
浓厚 (濃厚)nóng hòudense; thick (fog, clouds etc)
深厚shēn hòudeep; profound
丰厚 (豐厚)fēng hòugenerous; ample
雄厚xióng hòusubstantial; robust; ample; abundant
厚重hòu zhòngthick; heavy
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent
态度 (態度)tài dumanner; bearing

See also: Japanese symbol for “thickness”.

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.