Chinese symbol for “gun”
枪
qiāng
Traditional: 槍
gun; firearm; rifle; spear
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gun is 枪 (qiāng), defined as: gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; measure word: 支 (zhī), 把 (bǎ), 杆 (gǎn), 条 (tiáo), 枝 (zhī).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gun”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枪支 (槍支) | qiāng zhī | a gun; guns in general |
| 火炮 | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 火炮 (火砲) | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 铳 (銃) | chòng | ancient firearm; gun |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 枪.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gun”.
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.