Chinese symbol for “tsunami”
海啸
hǎi xiào
Traditional: 海嘯
tsunami
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tsunami is 海啸 (hǎi xiào), defined as: tsunami.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海啸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 呼啸 (呼嘯) | hū xiào | to whistle; to scream; to whiz |
| 呼啸而过 (呼嘯而過) | hū xiào ér guò | to whistle past; to hurtle past |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tsunami”.
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.