Chinese symbol for “fuse”
导火线
dǎo huǒ xiàn
Traditional: 導火線
fuse (for explosives); (fig.) proximate cause; the last straw
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fuse is 导火线 (dǎo huǒ xiàn), defined as: fuse (for explosives); (fig.) proximate cause; the last straw.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fuse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引线 (引線) | yǐn xiàn | fuse (for an explosive device); electrical lead |
| 导火索 (導火索) | dǎo huǒ suǒ | fuse (for explosive) |
| 芯子 | xìn zi | fuse; wick; forked tongue (of a snake) |
| 信管 | xìn guǎn | a fuse (for explosive charge); detonator |
| 融化 | róng huà | to melt; to thaw |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 导火线.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 指导 (指導) | zhǐ dǎo | to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; route |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fuse”.
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.