Chinese symbol for “coiled”
盘曲
pán qū
Traditional: 盤曲
coiled; entwined; tortuous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coiled is 盘曲 (pán qū), defined as: coiled; entwined; tortuous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “coiled”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 盘曲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 键盘 (鍵盤) | jiàn pán | keyboard |
| 地盘 (地盤) | dì pán | domain; territory under one's control |
| 硬盘 (硬盤) | yìng pán | hard disk |
| 盘子 (盤子) | pán zi | tray; plate |
| 光盘 (光盤) | guāng pán | compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM; measure word: 片 (piàn), 张 (zhāng) |
| 全盘 (全盤) | quán pán | overall; comprehensive |
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
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.