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Chinese symbol for “airplane”

飞机
fēi jī
Traditional: 飛機
airplane; measure word: 架 (jià)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for airplane is 飞机 (fēi jī), defined as: airplane; measure word: 架 (jià).

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

飞 fēi
to fly, to dart; high
radical 183 ⾶ · 3 strokes
机 jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “airplane”

WordPinyinMeaning
银燕 (銀燕)yín yàn(literary) airplane

Related words

Other words that share a character with 飞机.

WordPinyinMeaning
飞行 (飛行)fēi xíngto fly; flight
起飞 (起飛)qǐ fēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
飞行员 (飛行員)fēi xíng yuánpilot; aviator
飞弹 (飛彈)fēi dàn(Tw) missile; stray bullet
飞船 (飛船)fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure
机会 (機會)jī huìopportunity; chance
手机 (手機)shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)

See also: Japanese symbol for “airplane”.

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.