椭
tuǒ
ellipse
wood (木) + sound tuǒ (陏) = ellipse shape
木 grounds the character in its original context: an oval or elongated wooden shape, like an oblong piece of timber. 陏 mainly supplies the sound tuǒ and does not carry the geometric meaning.
木WoodSemantic
陏An archaic character with no strong independent meaning in modern usePhonetic
这个形状是椭圆形的。
zhè ge xíng zhuàng shì tuǒ yuán xíng de。
This shape is elliptical.
地球绕太阳走的是椭圆轨道。
dì qiú rào tài yáng zǒu de shì tuǒ yuán guǐ dào。
The earth travels around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
Words with 椭
参考椭球体
cān kǎo tuǒ qiú tǐ
reference ellipsoid (geodesy)
椭圆
tuǒ yuán
oval
椭圆函数
tuǒ yuán hán shù
(math.) elliptic function
椭圆形
tuǒ yuán xíng
oval
椭圆形办公室
tuǒ yuán xíng bàn gōng shì
Oval office (in the White House)
椭圆曲线
tuǒ yuán qū xiàn
(math.) elliptic curve
椭圆机
tuǒ yuán jī
elliptical machine (exercise)
椭圆积分
tuǒ yuán jī fēn
(math.) elliptic integral
椭球
tuǒ qiú
(math.) ellipsoid