Chinese symbol for “waterfall”
瀑布
pù bù
waterfall
The closest CC-CEDICT match for waterfall is 瀑布 (pù bù), defined as: waterfall.
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
Other Chinese words for “waterfall”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瀑 | pù | waterfall |
| 飞瀑 (飛瀑) | fēi pù | waterfall |
| 泷 (瀧) | lóng | rapids; waterfall |
| 悬河 (懸河) | xuán hé | "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain); (literary) waterfall |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瀑布.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飞瀑 (飛瀑) | fēi pù | waterfall |
| 发布 (發佈) | fā bù | variant of 发布 (fā bù) |
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “waterfall”.
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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