Chinese symbol for “dc”
单向电流
dān xiàng diàn liú
Traditional: 單向電流
(elec.) unidirectional current; DC; also written 直流 (zhí liú)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dc is 单向电流 (dān xiàng diàn liú), defined as: (elec.) unidirectional current; DC; also written 直流 (zhí liú).
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 单向电流.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 单纯 (單純) | dān chún | simple; pure |
| 单一 (單一) | dān yī | single; only |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dc”.
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.
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