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Chinese symbol for “climate”

气候
qì hòu
Traditional: 氣候
(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for climate is 气候 (qì hòu), defined as: (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs).

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

气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes
候 hòu
to wait, to expect; to visit; to greet
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “climate”

WordPinyinMeaning
候hòuto wait; to inquire after
水土shuǐ tǔwater and soil; surface water

Related words

Other words that share a character with 气候.

WordPinyinMeaning
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
生气 (生氣)shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
勇气 (勇氣)yǒng qìcourage
气氛 (氣氛)qì fēnatmosphere; mood
时候 (時候)shí houtime; length of time
候选人 (候選人)hòu xuǎn réncandidate; measure word: 名 (míng)
有时候 (有時候)yǒu shí housometimes

See also: Japanese symbol for “climate”.

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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