Chinese symbol for “cast”
铸造
zhù zào
Traditional: 鑄造
to cast (pour metal into a mold)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cast is 铸造 (zhù zào), defined as: to cast (pour metal into a mold).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cast”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铸就 (鑄就) | zhù jiù | to cast; to forge |
| 浇铸 (澆鑄) | jiāo zhù | to cast (molten metal); to mold |
| 演员阵容 (演員陣容) | yǎn yuán zhèn róng | cast (of a movie etc); lineup of performers; troupe |
| 投 | tóu | to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot) |
| 撒 | sā | to let go; to cast |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铸造.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铸币 (鑄幣) | zhù bì | coin; to mint (coins) |
| 铸铁 (鑄鐵) | zhù tiě | pig iron; foundry iron |
| 铸件 (鑄件) | zhù jiàn | a casting (i.e. sth cast in a mold) |
| 铸成 (鑄成) | zhù chéng | to cast in metal; (fig.) to forge |
| 铸就 (鑄就) | zhù jiù | to cast; to forge |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 创造 (創造) | chuàng zào | to create; to bring about |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cast”.
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.