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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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes
机 jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lighter”

WordPinyinMeaning
驳船 (駁船)bó chuánbarge; lighter
驳 (駁)bóvariegated; heterogeneous
驳运 (駁運)bó yùntransport by lighter; lighter
拖驳 (拖駁)tuō bóbarge; lighter (pulled by a tugboat)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打火机.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; 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.

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