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Chinese symbol for “shoreline”

海岸线
hǎi àn xiàn
Traditional: 海岸線
coastline; seaboard; shoreline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shoreline is 海岸线 (hǎi àn xiàn), defined as: coastline; seaboard; shoreline.

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

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
岸 àn
beach, coast, shore
radical 46 ⼭ · 8 strokes
线 xiàn
line, thread, wire; clue, trail
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海岸线.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
两岸 (兩岸)liǎng ànbilateral; both shores
沿岸yán àncoastal area; littoral or riparian
路线 (路線)lù xiànitinerary; route

See also: Japanese symbol for “shoreline”.

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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