Chinese symbol for “firearm”
枪械
qiāng xiè
Traditional: 槍械
firearm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for firearm is 枪械 (qiāng xiè), defined as: firearm.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “firearm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枪炮 (槍砲) | qiāng pào | firearm |
| 枪 (槍) | qiāng | gun; firearm |
| 喷子 (噴子) | pēn zi | sprayer; spraying apparatus; (slang) firearm |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 枪械.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开枪 (開槍) | kāi qiāng | to open fire; to shoot a gun |
| 手枪 (手槍) | shǒu qiāng | pistol; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 步枪 (步槍) | bù qiāng | rifle; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 枝 (zhī) |
| 枪击 (槍擊) | qiāng jī | to shoot with a gun; shooting incident |
| 机枪 (機槍) | jī qiāng | machine gun |
| 枪杀 (槍殺) | qiāng shā | to shoot dead |
| 机械 (機械) | jī xiè | machine; machinery |
| 机械化 (機械化) | jī xiè huà | to mechanize |
See also: Japanese symbol for “firearm”.
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.