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Chinese symbol for “griddle”

鏊
ào
griddle; tava

The closest CC-CEDICT match for griddle is 鏊 (ào), defined as: griddle; tava.

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

鏊 ào
a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes
radical 167 ⾦ · 18 strokes

Other Chinese words for “griddle”

WordPinyinMeaning
鏊子ào zigriddle
铛 (鐺)chēngfrying pan; griddle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鏊.

WordPinyinMeaning
鏊子ào zigriddle

See also: Japanese symbol for “griddle”.

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.