Chinese symbol for “detonator”
雷管
léi guǎn
detonator; fuse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for detonator is 雷管 (léi guǎn), defined as: detonator; fuse.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “detonator”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引信 | yǐn xìn | fuze; detonator |
| 引爆装置 (引爆裝置) | yǐn bào zhuāng zhì | detonator |
| 信管 | xìn guǎn | a fuse (for explosive charge); detonator |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 雷管.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷达 (雷達) | léi dá | (loanword) radar |
| 布雷 (佈雷) | bù léi | to lay mines |
| 鱼雷 (魚雷) | yú léi | torpedo |
| 地雷 | dì léi | land mine (颗 (kē)); (fig.) sore point; weak spot |
| 迅雷 | xùn léi | thunderbolt |
| 雷霆 | léi tíng | sound of thunder |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
See also: Japanese symbol for “detonator”.
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.