Chinese symbol for “bellows”
鼓风机
gǔ fēng jī
Traditional: 鼓風機
bellows; ventilator; air blower
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bellows is 鼓风机 (gǔ fēng jī), defined as: bellows; ventilator; air blower.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bellows”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风箱 (風箱) | fēng xiāng | bellows |
| 鼓风 (鼓風) | gǔ fēng | a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal); blast (in blast furnace) |
| 韛 | bài | bellows (for blowing air into a fire) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鼓风机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼓励 (鼓勵) | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale) |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓掌 | gǔ zhǎng | to applaud; to clap |
| 鼓动 (鼓動) | gǔ dòng | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings |
| 打鼓 | dǎ gǔ | to beat a drum; to play a drum |
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 风格 (風格) | fēng gé | style |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bellows”.
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.