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Chinese symbol for “entwined”

盘曲
pán qū
Traditional: 盤曲
coiled; entwined; tortuous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for entwined is 盘曲 (pán qū), defined as: coiled; entwined; tortuous.

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

盘 pán
tray, plate, dish; to examine
radical 108 ⽫ · 11 strokes
曲 qū
crooked, bent; wrong, false
radical 73 ⽈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 盘曲.

WordPinyinMeaning
键盘 (鍵盤)jiàn pánkeyboard
地盘 (地盤)dì pándomain; territory under one's control
硬盘 (硬盤)yìng pánhard disk
盘子 (盤子)pán zitray; plate
光盘 (光盤)guāng páncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM; measure word: 片 (piàn), 张 (zhāng)
全盘 (全盤)quán pánoverall; comprehensive
歌曲gē qǔsong
曲线 (曲線)qū xiàncurve; curved line

See also: Japanese symbol for “entwined”.

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.