Chinese symbol for “bomb”
炸弹
zhà dàn
Traditional: 炸彈
bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bomb is 炸弹 (zhà dàn), defined as: bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bomb”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轰炸 (轟炸) | hōng zhà | to bomb; to bombard; measure word: 波 (bō), 轮 (lún) |
| 炸掉 | zhà diào | to bomb |
| 爆弹 (爆彈) | bào dàn | bomb |
| 炮轰 (炮轟) | pào hōng | to bombard; to bomb |
| 炸 | zhà | to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炸弹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆炸 | bào zhà | explosion; to explode |
| 轰炸 (轟炸) | hōng zhà | to bomb; to bombard; measure word: 波 (bō), 轮 (lún) |
| 轰炸机 (轟炸機) | hōng zhà jī | bomber (aircraft) |
| 炸药 (炸藥) | zhà yào | explosive; blasting agent; dynamite |
| 炸毁 (炸燬) | zhà huǐ | to blow up; to destroy with explosives |
| 导弹 (導彈) | dǎo dàn | (guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 子弹 (子彈) | zǐ dàn | bullet; measure word: 粒 (lì), 颗 (kē), 发 (fā) |
| 弹性 (彈性) | tán xìng | flexibility; elasticity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bomb”.
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.