Chinese symbol for “lighter”
打火机
dǎ huǒ jī
Traditional: 打火機
lighter; cigarette lighter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lighter is 打火机 (dǎ huǒ jī), defined as: lighter; cigarette lighter.
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 “lighter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驳船 (駁船) | bó chuán | barge; lighter |
| 驳 (駁) | bó | variegated; heterogeneous |
| 驳运 (駁運) | bó yùn | transport by lighter; lighter |
| 拖驳 (拖駁) | tuō bó | barge; lighter (pulled by a tugboat) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打火机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 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) |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lighter”.
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.