进制

進制
jìnzhì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 base (of a number system)
  2. 2 radix
  3. 3 numeral system

Examples

Jìsuànjī nèibù shǐyòng èrjìnzhì.
Computers internally use binary (base-2).
Qǐng bǎ zhège shù zhuǎnhuàn chéng shíliù jìnzhì.
Please convert this number into hexadecimal.

Tips

usage
Usually appears as a suffix: 二进制 (binary), 进制 (octal), 十进制 (decimal), 十六进制 (hexadecimal). Literally 'advance system' — each position advances to the next place value.

Stroke Order

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