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Chinese symbol for “weathering”

风化作用
fēng huà zuò yòng
Traditional: 風化作用
weathering (of rocks); erosion (by wind etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for weathering is 风化作用 (fēng huà zuò yòng), defined as: weathering (of rocks); erosion (by wind etc).

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

风 fēng
wind; air; customs, manners; news
radical 182 ⾵ · 4 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
用 yòng
to use, to employ, to apply; use
radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 风化作用.

WordPinyinMeaning
风险 (風險)fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle
风暴 (風暴)fēng bàostorm; violent commotion
风景 (風景)fēng jǐngscenery; landscape
台风 (臺風)tái fēngstage presence, poise
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ

See also: Japanese symbol for “weathering”.

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.