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Chinese symbol for “billet”

钢坯
gāng pī
Traditional: 鋼坯
billet (steel industry)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for billet is 钢坯 (gāng pī), defined as: billet (steel industry).

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

钢 gāng
steel; hard, strong, tough
radical 167 ⾦ · 9 strokes
坯 pī
clay; unburnt earthenware
radical 32 ⼟ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “billet”

WordPinyinMeaning
差使chāi shiofficial post; billet

Related words

Other words that share a character with 钢坯.

WordPinyinMeaning
钢铁 (鋼鐵)gāng tiěsteel
钢琴 (鋼琴)gāng qínpiano; measure word: 架 (jià), 台 (tái)
钢材 (鋼材)gāng cáisteel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
钢筋 (鋼筋)gāng jīnsteel reinforcing bar
不锈钢 (不銹鋼)bù xiù gāngstainless steel
土坯tǔ pīmud brick; adobe
毛坯máo pīsemifinished products
坯料pī liàosemifinished materials; 块 (kuài)

See also: Japanese symbol for “billet”.

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.