Chinese symbol for “tropic”

回归线

huí guī xiàn

Traditional: 回歸線

tropic; one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tropic is 回归线 (huí guī xiàn), defined as: tropic; one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer.

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

回 huí

to return, to turn around; a time

radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

归 guī

to return, to go back; to return to, to revert

radical 58 ⼹ · 5 strokes

线 xiàn

line, thread, wire; clue, trail

radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 回归线.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
回来 (回來)	huí lai	to return; to come back
回到	huí dào	to return to
回家	huí jiā	to return home
回答	huí dá	to reply; to answer; reply; answer
回应 (回應)	huí yìng	to respond; response
回去	huí qu	to return; to go back
回归 (回歸)	huí guī	to return to; to retreat
归属 (歸屬)	guī shǔ	to belong to; to be affiliated to
路线 (路線)	lù xiàn	itinerary; route

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.