Chinese symbol for “bobbin”

筒子

tǒng zi

tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for 同志 (tóng zhì)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bobbin is 筒子 (tǒng zi), defined as: tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for 同志 (tóng zhì).

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

筒 tǒng

tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo

radical 118 ⽵ · 12 strokes

子 zi

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 筒子.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
手电筒 (手電筒)	shǒu diàn tǒng	flashlight; electric hand torch
话筒 (話筒)	huà tǒng	microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset
传声筒 (傳聲筒)	chuán shēng tǒng	loudhailer; megaphone
火箭筒	huǒ jiàn tǒng	bazooka; rocket launcher
圆筒 (圓筒)	yuán tǒng	circular cylinder; drum
电筒 (電筒)	diàn tǒng	flashlight
孩子	hái zi	child
儿子 (兒子)	ér zi	son

See also: Japanese symbol for “bobbin”.

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.