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Chinese symbol for “escalator”

自动扶梯
zì dòng fú tī
Traditional: 自動扶梯
escalator

The closest CC-CEDICT match for escalator is 自动扶梯 (zì dòng fú tī), defined as: escalator.

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

自 zì
self; private, personal; from
radical 132 ⾃ · 6 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
扶 fú
to support, to protect, to help
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
梯 tī
ladder, steps, stairs
radical 75 ⽊ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “escalator”

WordPinyinMeaning
电梯 (電梯)diàn tīelevator; escalator
自动楼梯 (自動樓梯)zì dòng lóu tīescalator
电扶梯 (電扶梯)diàn fú tīescalator
扶梯fú tīladder; staircase

Related words

Other words that share a character with 自动扶梯.

WordPinyinMeaning
自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自 (來自)lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
自然zì ránnature; natural
自动 (自動)zì dòngautomatic; voluntarily
自身zì shēnitself; oneself
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
扶贫 (扶貧)fú pínassistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
电梯 (電梯)diàn tīelevator; escalator

See also: Japanese symbol for “escalator”.

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.