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Chinese symbol for “camshaft”

凸轮轴
tū lún zhóu
Traditional: 凸輪軸
camshaft

The closest CC-CEDICT match for camshaft is 凸轮轴 (tū lún zhóu), defined as: camshaft.

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

凸 tū
to protrude, to bulge out; convex
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
轮 lún
wheel; to turn, to revolve; to recur
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
轴 zhóu
axle, pivot, shaft; axis
radical 159 ⾞ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凸轮轴.

WordPinyinMeaning
凸显 (凸顯)tū xiǎnto stand out clearly; to make prominent
凸现 (凸現)tū xiànto come to prominence; to appear clearly
凸起tū qǐconvex; protruding
凸出tū chūto protrude; to stick out
凹凸āo tūconcave or convex; bumps and holes
凸轮 (凸輪)tū lúncam
轮胎 (輪胎)lún tāitire; pneumatic tire
一轮 (一輪)yī lúnfirst round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
轴承 (軸承)zhóu chéng(mechanical) bearing

See also: Japanese symbol for “camshaft”.

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.