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Chinese symbol for “flooding”

水患
shuǐ huàn
flooding; inundation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flooding is 水患 (shuǐ huàn), defined as: flooding; inundation.

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

水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
患 huàn
suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “flooding”

WordPinyinMeaning
洪涝 (洪澇)hóng làoflood; inundation
滂沱pāng tuópouring; flooding

Related words

Other words that share a character with 水患.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
水准 (水準)shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard
水库 (水庫)shuǐ kùreservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò)
患者huàn zhěpatient; sufferer
隐患 (隱患)yǐn huàna danger concealed within sth; hidden damage

See also: Japanese symbol for “flooding”.

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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