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Chinese symbol for “axial”

轴向
zhóu xiàng
Traditional: 軸向
axis; axial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for axial is 轴向 (zhóu xiàng), defined as: axis; axial.

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

轴 zhóu
axle, pivot, shaft; axis
radical 159 ⾞ · 9 strokes
向 xiàng
towards; direction, trend
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 轴向.

WordPinyinMeaning
轴承 (軸承)zhóu chéng(mechanical) bearing
主轴 (主軸)zhǔ zhóuaxis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc)
卷轴 (卷軸)juàn zhóuscroll (book or painting)
时间轴 (時間軸)shí jiān zhóutime axis; timeline
轴线 (軸線)zhóu xiàncentral axis (line)
中轴线 (中軸線)zhōng zhóu xiàncentral axis (line)
方向fāng xiàngdirection; orientation
走向zǒu xiàngdirection; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology)

See also: Japanese symbol for “axial”.

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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