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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海岸线.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 两岸 (兩岸) | liǎng àn | bilateral; both shores |
| 沿岸 | yán àn | coastal area; littoral or riparian |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; 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.