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Chinese symbol for “antenna”

天线
tiān xiàn
Traditional: 天線
antenna; aerial; (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people

The closest CC-CEDICT match for antenna is 天线 (tiān xiàn), defined as: antenna; aerial; (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people.

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

天 tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes
线 xiàn
line, thread, wire; clue, trail
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “antenna”

WordPinyinMeaning
触角 (觸角)chù jiǎoantenna; feeler (esp. of arthropods)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 天线.

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
每天měi tiānevery day
明天míng tiāntomorrow
几天 (幾天)jǐ tiānseveral days
昨天zuó tiānyesterday
天下tiān xiàland under heaven; the whole world
路线 (路線)lù xiànitinerary; route
在线 (在線)zài xiànonline; connected to the Internet; (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; fun

See also: Japanese symbol for “antenna”.

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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