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Chinese symbol for “camera”

照相机
zhào xiàng jī
Traditional: 照相機
camera; measure word: 台 (tái), 部 (bù), 架 (jià)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for camera is 照相机 (zhào xiàng jī), defined as: camera; measure word: 台 (tái), 部 (bù), 架 (jià).

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

照 zhào
to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
radical 86 ⽕ · 13 strokes
相 xiàng
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
机 jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “camera”

WordPinyinMeaning
摄影机 (攝影機)shè yǐng jī(old) camera; movie camera; cine camera
长枪短炮 (長槍短炮)cháng qiāng duǎn pàocamera (jocular)
开麦拉 (開麥拉)kāi mài lā(Tw) (loanword) camera
照像机 (照像機)zhào xiàng jīvariant of 照相机 (zhào xiàng jī); camera

Related words

Other words that share a character with 照相机.

WordPinyinMeaning
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)
按照àn zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; on the basis of
照顾 (照顧)zhào guto take care of; to show consideration
依照yī zhàoaccording to; in light of
护照 (護照)hù zhàopassport; measure word: 本 (běn), 个 (gè)
拍照pāi zhàoto take a picture
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure

See also: Japanese symbol for “camera”.

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.

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