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Chinese symbol for “ford”

涉过
shè guò
Traditional: 涉過
to ford (a stream, river etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ford is 涉过 (shè guò), defined as: to ford (a stream, river etc).

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Characters and stroke order

涉 shè
sconcerned, involved; to experience; to wade through a stream
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
过 guò
pass; to go across, to pass through
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ford”

WordPinyinMeaning
津jīnsaliva; sweat
涉渡shè dùto ford (a stream); to wade across

Related words

Other words that share a character with 涉过.

WordPinyinMeaning
涉及shè jíto involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
干涉gān shèto interfere; to meddle
涉嫌shè xiánto be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of
交涉jiāo shèto negotiate (with); to have dealings (with)
牵涉 (牽涉)qiān shèto involve; implicated
涉案shè àn(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely

See also: Japanese symbol for “ford”.

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.