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Chinese symbol for “turbulence”

湍流
tuān liú
turbulence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for turbulence is 湍流 (tuān liú), defined as: turbulence.

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

湍 tuān
current, rapids
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes
流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “turbulence”

WordPinyinMeaning
绕流 (繞流)rào liúturbulence (in fluid mechanics)
气流 (氣流)qì liústream of air; airflow

Related words

Other words that share a character with 湍流.

WordPinyinMeaning
湍急tuān jírapid (flow of water)
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流动 (流動)liú dòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流量liú liàngflow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge
流通liú tōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution

See also: Japanese symbol for “turbulence”.

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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