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Chinese symbol for “horizontal”

水平
shuǐ píng
horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for horizontal is 水平 (shuǐ píng), defined as: horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc).

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

水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
平 píng
flat, level, even; peaceful
radical 51 ⼲ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “horizontal”

WordPinyinMeaning
横 (橫)hénghorizontal; across
横向 (橫向)héng xiànghorizontal; orthogonal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 水平.

WordPinyinMeaning
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
水泥shuǐ nícement; measure word: 袋 (dài)
洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
水准 (水準)shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard
水库 (水庫)shuǐ kùreservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò)
平台 (平臺)píng táiplatform; terrace
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
平均píng jūnaverage; on average; evenly; in equal proportions

See also: Japanese symbol for “horizontal”.

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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