Chinese symbol for “meridian”
子午线
zǐ wǔ xiàn
Traditional: 子午線
meridian
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meridian is 子午线 (zǐ wǔ xiàn), defined as: meridian.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “meridian”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经络 (經絡) | jīng luò | energy channels; meridian (TCM) |
| 经线 (經線) | jīng xiàn | warp; line of longitude |
| 经圈 (經圈) | jīng quān | line of longitude; meridian (geography) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 子午线.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
| 样子 (樣子) | yàng zi | appearance; manner |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; 个 (gè) |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon; midday |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; route |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meridian”.
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.