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Chinese symbol for “cylindrical”

圆柱形
yuán zhù xíng
Traditional: 圓柱形
cylindrical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cylindrical is 圆柱形 (yuán zhù xíng), defined as: cylindrical.

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Characters and stroke order

圆 yuán
circle; circular, round; complete
radical 31 ⼞ · 10 strokes
柱 zhù
to lean on; pillar, post, support
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
形 xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 圆柱形.

WordPinyinMeaning
圆满 (圓滿)yuán mǎnsatisfactory; consummate; perfect
圆形 (圓形)yuán xínground; circular
日圆 (日圓)rì yuánvariant of 日元 (rì yuán)
圆圈 (圓圈)yuán quāncircle
团圆 (團圓)tuán yuánto have a reunion
椭圆 (橢圓)tuǒ yuánoval; ellipse
支柱zhī zhùmainstay; pillar
柱子zhù zipillar; measure word: 根 (gēn)
形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape

See also: Japanese symbol for “cylindrical”.

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.