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Chinese symbol for “glacier”

冰川
bīng chuān
glacier

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glacier is 冰川 (bīng chuān), defined as: glacier.

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

冰 bīng
ice; ice-cold
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
川 chuān
stream, river
radical 47 ⼮ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “glacier”

WordPinyinMeaning
冰河bīng héglacier

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冰川.

WordPinyinMeaning
冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream
冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
冰冷bīng lěngice-cold
冰块 (冰塊)bīng kuàiice cube; ice chunk
河川hé chuānrivers
山川shān chuānmountains and rivers; landscape
平川píng chuānan expanse of flat land

See also: Japanese symbol for “glacier”.

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.

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