Chinese symbol for “alluvial”
冲积
chōng jī
Traditional: 沖積
to alluviate; alluviation; alluvial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alluvial is 冲积 (chōng jī), defined as: to alluviate; alluviation; alluvial.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冲积.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tū | conflict; to conflict |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 冲动 (衝動) | chōng dòng | to have an urge; to be impetuous |
| 脉冲 (脈衝) | mài chōng | pulse (physics) |
| 冲破 (衝破) | chōng pò | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly |
| 面积 (面積) | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area |
| 积极 (積極) | jī jí | active; energetic |
| 积累 (積累) | jī lěi | to accumulate; accumulation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alluvial”.
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.