Chinese symbol for “reservoir”
水库
shuǐ kù
Traditional: 水庫
reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reservoir is 水库 (shuǐ kù), defined as: reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reservoir”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 水库.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 水准 (水準) | shuǐ zhǔn | level (of achievement etc); standard |
| 仓库 (倉庫) | cāng kù | depot; storehouse |
| 数据库 (數據庫) | shù jù kù | (computing) database |
| 库存 (庫存) | kù cún | property or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reservoir”.
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.