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Chinese symbol for “inundation”

沔
miǎn
inundation; name of a river

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inundation is 沔 (miǎn), defined as: inundation; name of a river.

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

沔 miǎn
flood; overflowing
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “inundation”

WordPinyinMeaning
水患shuǐ huànflooding; inundation
洪涝 (洪澇)hóng làoflood; inundation

See also: Japanese symbol for “inundation”.

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.