Chinese symbol for “stratigraphy”
地层学
dì céng xué
Traditional: 地層學
stratigraphy (geology)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stratigraphy is 地层学 (dì céng xué), defined as: stratigraphy (geology).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地层学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 基层 (基層) | jī céng | basic level; grassroots unit |
| 层面 (層面) | céng miàn | aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) |
| 高层 (高層) | gāo céng | high-rise; high level; high class |
| 层次 (層次) | céng cì | layer; level |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stratigraphy”.
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.