垫 — Chinese character
垫
diàn
cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another
- Pinyin
- diàn
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 执 土
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 执
- Traditional
- 墊
Common words with 垫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 床垫 (床墊) | chuáng diàn | mattress; 张 (zhāng) |
| 垫底 (墊底) | diàn dǐ | to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime |
| 铺垫 (鋪墊) | pū diàn | to spread out bedding; bedcover |
| 气垫 (氣墊) | qì diàn | air cushion (as on hovercraft) |
| 坐垫 (坐墊) | zuò diàn | cushion; (motorbike) seat |
| 垫子 (墊子) | diàn zi | cushion; mat; pad |
| 垫付 (墊付) | diàn fù | to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later |
| 鞋垫 (鞋墊) | xié diàn | insole; shoe insert |
| 靠垫 (靠墊) | kào diàn | back cushion |
| 衬垫 (襯墊) | chèn diàn | pad |
| 垫圈 (墊圈) | diàn juàn | to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc |
| 垫圈 (墊圈) | diàn quān | washer (on bolt); toilet seat |
English words written with 垫
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.