Chinese symbol for “copper”
铜
tóng
Traditional: 銅
copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 (hóng tóng); 块 (kuài)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for copper is 铜 (tóng), defined as: copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 (hóng tóng); 块 (kuài).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “copper”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红铜 (紅銅) | hóng tóng | copper (chemistry); see also 铜 (tóng) |
| 紫铜 (紫銅) | zǐ tóng | copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铜牌 (銅牌) | tóng pái | bronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc |
| 青铜 (青銅) | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī)) |
| 铜像 (銅像) | tóng xiàng | bronze statue; measure word: 尊 (zūn), 座 (zuò) |
| 青铜器 (青銅器) | qīng tóng qì | bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC |
| 铜矿 (銅礦) | tóng kuàng | copper mine; copper ore |
| 铜钱 (銅錢) | tóng qián | copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “copper”.
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.