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Chinese symbol for “geology”

地质
dì zhì
Traditional: 地質
geology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for geology is 地质 (dì zhì), defined as: geology.

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Characters and stroke order

地 dì
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes
质 zhì
essence, nature; material, substance
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “geology”

WordPinyinMeaning
地质学 (地質學)dì zhì xuégeology

Related words

Other words that share a character with 地质.

WordPinyinMeaning
地区 (地區)dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)
当地 (當地)dāng dìlocal
土地tǔ dìland; soil
质量 (質量)zhì liàng(physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence)
物质 (物質)wù zhìmatter; substance
性质 (性質)xìng zhìnature; characteristic
本质 (本質)běn zhìessence; nature

See also: Japanese symbol for “geology”.

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.