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Chinese symbol for “precession”

岁差
suì chā
Traditional: 歲差
(astronomy) precession

The closest CC-CEDICT match for precession is 岁差 (suì chā), defined as: (astronomy) precession.

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

岁 suì
year; years old, age; harvest
radical 46 ⼭ · 6 strokes
差 chā
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
radical 48 ⼯ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “precession”

WordPinyinMeaning
进动 (進動)jìn dòngprecession (physics)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 岁差.

WordPinyinMeaning
万岁 (萬歲)wàn suìLong live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty
岁月 (歲月)suì yuèyears; time
几岁 (幾歲)jǐ suìhow old are you? (familiar, or to a child)
周岁 (週歲)zhōu suìone full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
岁数 (歲數)suì shuage (number of years old)
贺岁 (賀歲)hè suìto extend New Year's greetings; to pay a New Year's visit
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly

See also: Japanese symbol for “precession”.

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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