Chinese symbol for “strait”
海峡
hǎi xiá
Traditional: 海峽
strait; channel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for strait is 海峡 (hǎi xiá), defined as: strait; channel.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海峡.
| 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 |
| 峡谷 (峽谷) | xiá gǔ | canyon; gill |
| 峡湾 (峽灣) | xiá wān | fjord |
See also: Japanese symbol for “strait”.
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.