Chinese symbol for “dial”
刻度盘
kè dù pán
Traditional: 刻度盤
dial (e.g. of a radio etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dial is 刻度盘 (kè dù pán), defined as: dial (e.g. of a radio etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dial”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拨 (撥) | bō | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial |
| 拨打 (撥打) | bō dǎ | to call; to dial |
| 拨出 (撥出) | bō chū | to pull out; to allocate (funds) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刻度盘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时刻 (時刻) | shí kè | time; juncture |
| 立刻 | lì kè | immediately; at once; right away |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep |
| 此刻 | cǐ kè | this moment; now |
| 一刻 | yī kè | a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes; a moment; an instant |
| 刻意 | kè yì | intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 键盘 (鍵盤) | jiàn pán | keyboard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dial”.
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.