Chinese symbol for “ammunition”
弹药
dàn yào
Traditional: 彈藥
ammunition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ammunition is 弹药 (dàn yào), defined as: ammunition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ammunition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火 | huǒ | fire; urgent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弹药.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炸弹 (炸彈) | zhà dàn | bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē) |
| 导弹 (導彈) | dǎo dàn | (guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 子弹 (子彈) | zǐ dàn | bullet; measure word: 粒 (lì), 颗 (kē), 发 (fā) |
| 弹性 (彈性) | tán xìng | flexibility; elasticity |
| 反弹 (反彈) | fǎn tán | to bounce; to bounce back |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments; medicine |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ammunition”.
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.