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Chinese symbol for “carousel”

旋转木马
xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ
Traditional: 旋轉木馬
merry-go-round; carousel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for carousel is 旋转木马 (xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ), defined as: merry-go-round; carousel.

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

旋 xuán
to revolve, to orbit, to return
radical 70 ⽅ · 11 strokes
转 zhuǎn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
木 mù
tree; wood, lumber; wooden
radical 75 ⽊ · 4 strokes
马 mǎ
horse; surname
radical 187 ⾺ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 旋转木马.

WordPinyinMeaning
旋转 (旋轉)xuán zhuǎnto rotate; to revolve
旋律xuán lǜmelody
旋风 (旋風)xuàn fēngwhirlwind; tornado
螺旋luó xuánspiral; helix
气旋 (氣旋)qì xuáncyclone
主旋律zhǔ xuán lǜ(music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea
转移 (轉移)zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform
木材mù cáiwood
马上 (馬上)mǎ shàngat once; right away

See also: Japanese symbol for “carousel”.

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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