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Chinese symbol for “handset”

话筒
huà tǒng
Traditional: 話筒
microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson

The closest CC-CEDICT match for handset is 话筒 (huà tǒng), defined as: microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson.

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

话 huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes
筒 tǒng
tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
radical 118 ⽵ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 话筒.

WordPinyinMeaning
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
的话 (的話)de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
说话 (說話)shuō huàto speak; to say
讲话 (講話)jiǎng huàa speech; to speak
对话 (對話)duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
话题 (話題)huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic
手电筒 (手電筒)shǒu diàn tǒngflashlight; electric hand torch
传声筒 (傳聲筒)chuán shēng tǒngloudhailer; megaphone

See also: Japanese symbol for “handset”.

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.