Chinese symbol for “cartoon”
卡通
kǎ tōng
cartoon (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cartoon is 卡通 (kǎ tōng), defined as: cartoon (loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cartoon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漫画 (漫畫) | màn huà | comics; cartoon; caricature |
| 动画 (動畫) | dòng huà | animation; cartoon |
| 动漫 (動漫) | dòng màn | cartoons and comics; anime and manga |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卡通.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信用卡 | xìn yòng kǎ | credit card |
| 卡拉 | kǎ lā | karaoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried |
| 卡车 (卡車) | kǎ chē | truck; 辆 (liàng) |
| 卡片 | kǎ piàn | card |
| 银行卡 (銀行卡) | yín háng kǎ | bank card |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cartoon”.
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.