Chinese symbol for “bolt”
螺栓
luó shuān
bolt (male component of nut and bolt)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bolt is 螺栓 (luó shuān), defined as: bolt (male component of nut and bolt).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bolt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闩 (閂) | shuān | bolt; latch |
| 插销 (插銷) | chā xiāo | bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc); (electrical) plug |
| 栓 | shuān | bottle stopper; plug |
| 落荒而逃 | luò huāng ér táo | to flee in defeat; to bolt |
| 销 (銷) | xiāo | to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 螺栓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral; helix |
| 螺丝 (螺絲) | luó sī | screw |
| 螺旋桨 (螺旋槳) | luó xuán jiǎng | propeller |
| 螺纹 (螺紋) | luó wén | spiral pattern; whorl of fingerprint |
| 陀螺 | tuó luó | spinning top; gyroscope |
| 血栓 | xuè shuān | blood clot; thrombus |
| 栓塞 | shuān sè | (medicine) embolism |
| 枪栓 (槍栓) | qiāng shuān | gun bolt |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bolt”.
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.