Chinese symbol for “angling”
垂钓
chuí diào
Traditional: 垂釣
angling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for angling is 垂钓 (chuí diào), defined as: angling.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 垂钓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂直 | chuí zhí | perpendicular; vertical |
| 下垂 | xià chuí | to droop; to sag |
| 垂死 | chuí sǐ | dying |
| 垂青 | chuí qīng | to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor |
| 垂涎 | chuí xián | to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily |
| 钓鱼 (釣魚) | diào yú | to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap |
| 钓竿 (釣竿) | diào gān | fishing rod; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 钓钩 (釣鉤) | diào gōu | fishhook |
See also: Japanese symbol for “angling”.
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.