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Chinese symbol for “glide”

滑翔
huá xiáng
to glide

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glide is 滑翔 (huá xiáng), defined as: to glide.

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

滑 huá
to slip, to slide; slippery, polished
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
翔 xiáng
to soar, to hover, to glide
radical 124 ⽻ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “glide”

WordPinyinMeaning
翔xiángto soar; to glide
滑行huá xíngto slide; to coast

Related words

Other words that share a character with 滑翔.

WordPinyinMeaning
下滑xià huáto slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline
滑雪huá xuěto ski; skiing
滑稽huá jīcomical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
光滑guāng huásmooth
滑动 (滑動)huá dòngto slide; sliding movement
滑坡huá pōrockslide; landslip
飞翔 (飛翔)fēi xiángto circle in the air; to soar
翔实 (翔實)xiáng shícomplete and accurate

See also: Japanese symbol for “glide”.

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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