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Chinese symbol for “appliance”

电器
diàn qì
Traditional: 電器
(electrical) appliance; device

The closest CC-CEDICT match for appliance is 电器 (diàn qì), defined as: (electrical) appliance; device.

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

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
器 qì
device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “appliance”

WordPinyinMeaning
械xièappliance; tool
用具yòng jùappliance; utensil

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电器.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
武器wǔ qìweapon; arms
机器 (機器)jī qìmachine; 台 (tái),部 (bù),个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “appliance”.

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.