Chinese symbol for “meander”
河曲
hé qū
bend (of a river); meander
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meander is 河曲 (hé qū), defined as: bend (of a river); meander.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “meander”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜿蜒 | wān yán | (of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind |
| 蛇行 | shé xíng | to creep; to zigzag |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 河曲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 河流 | hé liú | river; 条 (tiáo) |
| 河道 | hé dào | river course; river channel |
| 运河 (運河) | yùn hé | canal |
| 河谷 | hé gǔ | river valley |
| 河水 | hé shuǐ | river water |
| 河口 | hé kǒu | estuary; the mouth of a river |
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meander”.
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.