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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.

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

方 fāng
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
radical 70 ⽅ · 4 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “azimuth”

WordPinyinMeaning
方位fāng wèidirection; points of the compass

Related words

Other words that share a character with 方位角.

WordPinyinMeaning
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
方法fāng fǎmethod; way; technique; procedure
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at
地位dì wèiposition; status
角色jué sèrole; 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.

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