Chinese symbol for “swirl”
溁
yíng
Traditional: 濚
(archaic) (of water) to swirl; to eddy; (used in place names)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swirl is 溁 (yíng), defined as: (archaic) (of water) to swirl; to eddy; (used in place names).
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
Traditional forms
See also: Japanese symbol for “swirl”.
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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