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Chinese symbol for “surfing”

冲浪
chōng làng
Traditional: 衝浪
to surf; surfing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for surfing is 冲浪 (chōng làng), defined as: to surf; surfing.

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Characters and stroke order

冲 chōng
wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
浪 làng
breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冲浪.

WordPinyinMeaning
冲突 (衝突)chōng tūconflict; to conflict
冲击 (沖擊)chōng jīvariant of 冲击 (chōng jī)
冲动 (衝動)chōng dòngto have an urge; to be impetuous
脉冲 (脈衝)mài chōngpulse (physics)
冲破 (衝破)chōng pòbreakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
浪费 (浪費)làng fèito waste; to squander
浪漫làng mànromantic
浪潮làng cháowave; tides

See also: Japanese symbol for “surfing”.

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.