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Chinese symbol for “elevator”

电梯
diàn tī
Traditional: 電梯
elevator; escalator; 台 (tái),部 (bù)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for elevator is 电梯 (diàn tī), defined as: elevator; escalator; 台 (tái),部 (bù).

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

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
梯 tī
ladder, steps, stairs
radical 75 ⽊ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “elevator”

WordPinyinMeaning
吊车 (吊車)diào chēhoist; crane
升降机 (升降機)shēng jiàng jīaerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift); lift

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电梯.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
楼梯 (樓梯)lóu tīstair; staircase
阶梯 (階梯)jiē tīflight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of

See also: Japanese symbol for “elevator”.

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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