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Chinese symbol for “brook”

小溪
xiǎo xī
brook; streamlet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brook is 小溪 (xiǎo xī), defined as: brook; streamlet.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
溪 xī
brook, creek, stream
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “brook”

WordPinyinMeaning
涓juānbrook; to select
涞 (淶)láibrook; ripple
河滨 (河濱)hé bīnbrook; rivulet
河沟 (河溝)hé gōubrook; ditch
小河xiǎo hécreek; stream; brook

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小溪.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
溪流xī liústream
溪谷xī gǔvalley; gorge

See also: Japanese symbol for “brook”.

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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