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Chinese symbol for “topology”

拓扑
tuò pū
Traditional: 拓撲
(math.) (loanword) topology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for topology is 拓扑 (tuò pū), defined as: (math.) (loanword) topology.

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Characters and stroke order

拓 tuò
to develop, to expand, to open up
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
扑 pū
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “topology”

WordPinyinMeaning
拓扑学 (拓撲學)tuò pū xué(math.) topology

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拓扑.

WordPinyinMeaning
拓展tuò zhǎnto expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity
开拓 (開拓)kāi tuòto break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam)
拓宽 (拓寬)tuò kuānto broaden
开拓者 (開拓者)kāi tuò zhěpioneer
拓扑学 (拓撲學)tuò pū xué(math.) topology
扑克 (撲克)pū kèpoker (game) (loanword); playing cards
扑灭 (撲滅)pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
扑克牌 (撲克牌)pū kè páipoker (card game); playing card

See also: Japanese symbol for “topology”.

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.