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Chinese symbol for “deluge”

洪水
hóng shuǐ
deluge; flood

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deluge is 洪水 (hóng shuǐ), defined as: deluge; flood.

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

洪 hóng
deluge, flood; immense, vast
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “deluge”

WordPinyinMeaning
滔tāo(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 洪水.

WordPinyinMeaning
洪灾 (洪災)hóng zāiflood
防洪fáng hóngflood control; flood prevention
洪流hóng liúa powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
抗洪kàng hóngto fight a flood
山洪shān hóngdeluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
水泥shuǐ nícement; measure word: 袋 (dài)

See also: Japanese symbol for “deluge”.

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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