Chinese symbol for “clank”
铛
dāng
Traditional: 鐺
clank; clang; sound of metal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clank is 铛 (dāng), defined as: clank; clang; sound of metal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “clank”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喀啦喀啦 | kā lā kā lā | (onom.) clank |
| 哐啷 | kuāng lāng | (onom.) clang; clatter; bang; crash; clank |
| 响叮当 (響叮噹) | xiǎng dīng dāng | to tinkle; to jingle |
| 锒铛 (鋃鐺) | láng dāng | iron chains; shackles |
| 哐哐啷啷 | kuāng kuāng lāng lāng | (onom.) crash; clank |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铃铛 (鈴鐺) | líng dang | little bell; 只 (zhī) |
| 锒铛入狱 (鋃鐺入獄) | láng dāng rù yù | lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars |
| 铛铛 (鐺鐺) | dāng dāng | (onom.) clang; clank of metal |
| 饼铛 (餅鐺) | bǐng chēng | baking pan |
| 锒铛 (鋃鐺) | láng dāng | iron chains; shackles |
| 铛铛车 (鐺鐺車) | dāng dāng chē | (coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956; also written 当当车 (dāng dāng chē) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clank”.
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.