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Chinese symbol for “transitive”

及物
jí wù
transitive (grammar)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for transitive is 及物 (jí wù), defined as: transitive (grammar).

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Characters and stroke order

及 jí
to extend; to reach; and; in time
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “transitive”

WordPinyinMeaning
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive

Related words

Other words that share a character with 及物.

WordPinyinMeaning
以及yǐ jíand; as well as
及其jí qí(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
涉及shè jíto involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
及时 (及時)jí shítimely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
普及pǔ jíto spread extensively; to generalize
提及tí jíto mention; to raise (a subject)
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal

See also: Japanese symbol for “transitive”.

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.