Chinese symbol for “freshwater”
淡水
dàn shuǐ
freshwater
The closest CC-CEDICT match for freshwater is 淡水 (dàn shuǐ), defined as: freshwater.
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 淡水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down; to play down |
| 冷淡 | lěng dàn | cold; indifferent |
| 平淡 | píng dàn | flat; dull |
| 扯淡 | chě dàn | to talk nonsense |
| 轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫) | qīng miáo dàn xiě | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “freshwater”.
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.