Chinese symbol for “zeitgeist”
思潮
sī cháo
tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for zeitgeist is 思潮 (sī cháo), defined as: tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 思潮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 思考 | sī kǎo | to reflect on; to ponder over |
| 思维 (思維) | sī wéi | (line of) thought; thinking |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting; meaningful |
| 反思 | fǎn sī | to think back over sth; to review |
| 高潮 | gāo cháo | high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide; current |
See also: Japanese symbol for “zeitgeist”.
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.