Chinese symbol for “runoff”
径流
jìng liú
Traditional: 逕流
runoff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for runoff is 径流 (jìng liú), defined as: runoff.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 径流.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 途径 (途徑) | tú jìng | way; means; channel |
| 直径 (直徑) | zhí jìng | diameter |
| 路径 (路徑) | lù jìng | path; route |
| 口径 (口徑) | kǒu jìng | bore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line |
| 行径 (行徑) | xíng jìng | (usu. pejorative) conduct; behavior; act; path; trail |
| 半径 (半徑) | bàn jìng | radius |
| 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 “runoff”.
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.