Chinese symbol for “velocity”
速度
sù dù
speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
The closest CC-CEDICT match for velocity is 速度 (sù dù), defined as: speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “velocity”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 速 | sù | fast; rapid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 速度.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 迅速 | xùn sù | rapid; speedy |
| 高速 | gāo sù | high speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路 (gāo sù gōng lù)) |
| 加速 | jiā sù | to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite |
| 高速公路 | gāo sù gōng lù | expressway; highway; freeway |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “velocity”.
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.