Chinese symbol for “moraine”
碛
qì
Traditional: 磧
(bound form) moraine; rocks in shallow water
The closest CC-CEDICT match for moraine is 碛 (qì), defined as: (bound form) moraine; rocks in shallow water.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “moraine”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 碛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰碛 (冰磧) | bīng qì | moraine; rock debris from glacier |
| 沙碛 (沙磧) | shā qì | (literary) desert; sandy shore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “moraine”.
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.