Chinese symbol for “crankshaft”
曲轴
qū zhóu
Traditional: 曲軸
crankshaft
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crankshaft is 曲轴 (qū zhóu), defined as: crankshaft.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 曲轴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
| 戏曲 (戲曲) | xì qǔ | Chinese opera |
| 主题曲 (主題曲) | zhǔ tí qǔ | theme song |
| 单曲 (單曲) | dān qǔ | single (recording industry) |
| 轴承 (軸承) | zhóu chéng | (mechanical) bearing |
| 主轴 (主軸) | zhǔ zhóu | axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crankshaft”.
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.