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Chinese symbol for “megaphone”

扩音器
kuò yīn qì
Traditional: 擴音器
megaphone; loudspeaker; amplifier; microphone

The closest CC-CEDICT match for megaphone is 扩音器 (kuò yīn qì), defined as: megaphone; loudspeaker; amplifier; microphone.

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

扩 kuò
to expand, to stretch, to magnify
radical 64 ⼿ · 6 strokes
音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
器 qì
device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “megaphone”

WordPinyinMeaning
话筒 (話筒)huà tǒngmicrophone; (telephone) receiver; handset
传声筒 (傳聲筒)chuán shēng tǒngloudhailer; megaphone
喊话器 (喊話器)hǎn huà qìmegaphone

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扩音器.

WordPinyinMeaning
扩大 (擴大)kuò dàto expand; to enlarge
扩展 (擴展)kuò zhǎnto extend; to expand
扩张 (擴張)kuò zhāngexpansion; dilation
扩散 (擴散)kuò sànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
扩建 (擴建)kuò jiànto extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
扩充 (擴充)kuò chōngto expand
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
武器wǔ qìweapon; arms

See also: Japanese symbol for “megaphone”.

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.