Chinese symbol for “azimuth”
方位角
fāng wèi jiǎo
azimuth
The closest CC-CEDICT match for azimuth is 方位角 (fāng wèi jiǎo), defined as: azimuth.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “azimuth”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 方位角.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 官方 | guān fāng | government; official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 位于 (位於) | wèi yú | to be located at; to be situated at |
| 地位 | dì wèi | position; status |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “azimuth”.
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.