Chinese symbol for “lava”
熔岩
róng yán
(geology) lava
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lava is 熔岩 (róng yán), defined as: (geology) lava.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lava”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流沙 | liú shā | quicksand; (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 熔岩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熔化 | róng huà | to melt (of ice, metals etc) |
| 熔炉 (熔爐) | róng lú | smelting furnace; forge |
| 熔点 (熔點) | róng diǎn | melting point |
| 熔融 | róng róng | to melt; to fuse |
| 熔断 (熔斷) | róng duàn | (of fuse wire) to melt; to blow; (fig.) to halt stock trading |
| 岩石 | yán shí | (geology) rock |
| 岩浆 (岩漿) | yán jiāng | (geology) magma |
| 花岗岩 (花崗岩) | huā gāng yán | granite |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lava”.
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.