Chinese symbol for “aqueous”
水性
shuǐ xìng
swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aqueous is 水性 (shuǐ xìng), defined as: swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 水性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 水准 (水準) | shuǐ zhǔn | level (of achievement etc); standard |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aqueous”.
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.
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