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Chinese symbol for “whirlwind”

旋风
xuàn fēng
Traditional: 旋風
whirlwind; tornado

The closest CC-CEDICT match for whirlwind is 旋风 (xuàn fēng), defined as: whirlwind; tornado.

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

旋 xuàn
to revolve, to orbit, to return
radical 70 ⽅ · 11 strokes
风 fēng
wind; air; customs, manners; news
radical 182 ⾵ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “whirlwind”

WordPinyinMeaning
飑 (颮)biāowhirlwind
卷扬 (捲揚)juǎn yánga whirlwind
飘风 (飄風)piāo fēngwhirlwind; stormy wind
猋biāowhirlwind

Related words

Other words that share a character with 旋风.

WordPinyinMeaning
旋转 (旋轉)xuán zhuǎnto rotate; to revolve
旋律xuán lǜmelody
螺旋luó xuánspiral; helix
气旋 (氣旋)qì xuáncyclone
主旋律zhǔ xuán lǜ(music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea
风险 (風險)fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle
风暴 (風暴)fēng bàostorm; violent commotion

See also: Japanese symbol for “whirlwind”.

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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