Chinese symbol for “galaxy”
河外星系
hé wài xīng xì
extragalactic star system; galaxy (not including our Galaxy)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for galaxy is 河外星系 (hé wài xīng xì), defined as: extragalactic star system; galaxy (not including our Galaxy).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “galaxy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 河外星系.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 河流 | hé liú | river; 条 (tiáo) |
| 河道 | hé dào | river course; river channel |
| 运河 (運河) | yùn hé | canal |
| 河谷 | hé gǔ | river valley |
| 河水 | hé shuǐ | river water |
| 河口 | hé kǒu | estuary; the mouth of a river |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; 个 (gè) |
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “galaxy”.
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.