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Chinese symbol for “barbell”

杠铃
gàng líng
Traditional: 槓鈴
barbell

The closest CC-CEDICT match for barbell is 杠铃 (gàng líng), defined as: barbell.

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

杠 gàng
pole, bar; lever, crowbar
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
铃 líng
small bell
radical 167 ⾦ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 杠铃.

WordPinyinMeaning
杠杆 (槓桿)gàng gǎnlever; pry bar
单杠 (單槓)dān gàngbar; bold line
双杠 (雙槓)shuāng gàngparallel bars (gymnastics event)
抬杠 (抬槓)tái gàngto bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing
保险杠 (保險槓)bǎo xiǎn gàngcar bumper
铃声 (鈴聲)líng shēngring; ringtone
马铃薯 (馬鈴薯)mǎ líng shǔpotato
铃铛 (鈴鐺)líng danglittle bell; 只 (zhī)

See also: Japanese symbol for “barbell”.

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.