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Chinese symbol for “riverbed”

河床
hé chuáng
riverbed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for riverbed is 河床 (hé chuáng), defined as: riverbed.

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

河 hé
river, stream; the Yellow river
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
床 chuáng
bed, couch; framework, chassis
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 河床.

WordPinyinMeaning
河流hé liúriver; 条 (tiáo)
河道hé dàoriver course; river channel
运河 (運河)yùn hécanal
河谷hé gǔriver valley
河水hé shuǐriver water
河口hé kǒuestuary; the mouth of a river
临床 (臨床)lín chuáng(medicine) clinical
起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up

See also: Japanese symbol for “riverbed”.

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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