Chinese symbol for “delta”
三角洲
sān jiǎo zhōu
delta (geography)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for delta is 三角洲 (sān jiǎo zhōu), defined as: delta (geography).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “delta”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 三角洲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times |
| 三级 (三級) | sān jí | grade 3; third class |
| 十三 | shí sān | thirteen; 13 |
| 三分 | sān fēn | somewhat; to some degree |
| 第三方 | dì sān fāng | third party |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle; (fig.) point of view |
| 绿洲 (綠洲) | lǜ zhōu | oasis |
See also: Japanese symbol for “delta”.
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.