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Chinese symbol for “breaststroke”

蛙泳
wā yǒng
breaststroke (swimming)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for breaststroke is 蛙泳 (wā yǒng), defined as: breaststroke (swimming).

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

蛙 wā
frog
radical 142 ⾍ · 12 strokes
泳 yǒng
to swim, to dive
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “breaststroke”

WordPinyinMeaning
蛙式wā shìbreaststroke (swimming)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蛙泳.

WordPinyinMeaning
青蛙qīng wāfrog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy
牛蛙niú wābullfrog
蛙人wā rénfrogman
井底之蛙jǐng dǐ zhī wā(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); (fig.) a person of limited outlook and experience
树蛙 (樹蛙)shù wātree frog
游泳yóu yǒngswimming; to swim
游泳池yóu yǒng chíswimming pool
泳池yǒng chíswimming pool

See also: Japanese symbol for “breaststroke”.

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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