Chinese symbol for “reflux”

回流

huí liú

to flow back; reflux; circumfluence; refluence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reflux is 回流 (huí liú), defined as: to flow back; reflux; circumfluence; refluence; backward flow; returning flow (e.g. of talent).

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

回 huí

to return, to turn around; a time

radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

流 liú

to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 回流.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
回来 (回來)	huí lai	to return; to come back
回到	huí dào	to return to
回家	huí jiā	to return home
回答	huí dá	to reply; to answer; reply; answer
回应 (回應)	huí yìng	to respond; response
回去	huí qu	to return; to go back
交流	jiāo liú	to exchange; exchange
流行	liú xíng	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable

See also: Japanese symbol for “reflux”.

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.