Chinese symbol for “estuary”
海口
hǎi kǒu
estuary; coastal inlet; river mouth; seaport
The closest CC-CEDICT match for estuary is 海口 (hǎi kǒu), defined as: estuary; coastal inlet; river mouth; seaport; see also 夸海口 (kuā hǎi kǒu).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “estuary”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海口.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 出口 | chū kǒu | an exit; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “estuary”.
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.