Chinese symbol for “tempest”
风潮
fēng cháo
Traditional: 風潮
tempest; wave (of popular sentiment etc); craze or fad
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tempest is 风潮 (fēng cháo), defined as: tempest; wave (of popular sentiment etc); craze or fad.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tempest”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴风雨 (暴風雨) | bào fēng yǔ | rainstorm; storm |
| 暴风骤雨 (暴風驟雨) | bào fēng zhòu yǔ | violent wind and rainstorm; hurricane |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 风潮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 风格 (風格) | fēng gé | style |
| 风暴 (風暴) | fēng bào | storm; violent commotion |
| 风景 (風景) | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 台风 (臺風) | tái fēng | stage presence, poise |
| 高潮 | gāo cháo | high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide; current |
| 浪潮 | làng cháo | wave; tides |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tempest”.
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.