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Chinese symbol for “geophysics”

地球物理
dì qiú wù lǐ
geophysics

The closest CC-CEDICT match for geophysics is 地球物理 (dì qiú wù lǐ), defined as: geophysics.

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

地 dì
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes
球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes
理 lǐ
science, reason, logic; to manage
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “geophysics”

WordPinyinMeaning
地球物理学 (地球物理學)dì qiú wù lǐ xuégeophysics

Related words

Other words that share a character with 地球物理.

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
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
地球dì qiúthe earth
球队 (球隊)qiú duìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage

See also: Japanese symbol for “geophysics”.

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.