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Chinese symbol for “sediment”

沉积
chén jī
Traditional: 沉積
sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sediment is 沉积 (chén jī), defined as: sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology).

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

沉 chén
to sink, to submerge; profound, deep
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
积 jī
to store up, to amass, to accumulate
radical 115 ⽲ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sediment”

WordPinyinMeaning
沉积物 (沉積物)chén jī wùsediment
沉淀物 (沉澱物)chén diàn wùprecipitate; sediment
滓zǐ(bound form) dregs; sediment
淤积 (淤積)yū jīto silt up; silt
残渣 (殘渣)cán zhāremainder; filtered out residue

Related words

Other words that share a character with 沉积.

WordPinyinMeaning
沉默chén mòtaciturn; uncommunicative
沉重chén zhòngheavy; hard
沉淀 (沈澱)chén diànvariant of 沉淀 (chén diàn)
沉浸chén jìnto soak; to permeate
沉睡chén shuìto be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
积累 (積累)jī lěito accumulate; accumulation

See also: Japanese symbol for “sediment”.

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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