Chinese symbol for “cyclone”
气旋
qì xuán
Traditional: 氣旋
cyclone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cyclone is 气旋 (qì xuán), defined as: cyclone.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cyclone”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 气旋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 生气 (生氣) | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 勇气 (勇氣) | yǒng qì | courage |
| 气氛 (氣氛) | qì fēn | atmosphere; mood |
| 旋转 (旋轉) | xuán zhuǎn | to rotate; to revolve |
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cyclone”.
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.