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Chinese symbol for “oceanography”

海洋学
hǎi yáng xué
Traditional: 海洋學
oceanography

The closest CC-CEDICT match for oceanography is 海洋学 (hǎi yáng xué), defined as: oceanography.

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

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
洋 yáng
sea, ocean; western, foreign
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海洋学.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
大洋dà yángocean; (old) silver dollar
洋葱 (洋蔥)yáng cōngonion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “oceanography”.

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.

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