Chinese symbol for “mortar”
迫击炮
pǎi jī pào
Traditional: 迫擊炮
mortar (weapon); Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mortar is 迫击炮 (pǎi jī pào), defined as: mortar (weapon); Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4].
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mortar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臼 | jiù | mortar |
| 砂浆 (砂漿) | shā jiāng | mortar (building) |
| 灰浆 (灰漿) | huī jiāng | mortar (for masonry) |
| 研钵 (研缽) | yán bō | mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle) |
| 灰泥 | huī ní | plaster; mortar |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 迫击炮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被迫 | bèi pò | to be compelled; to be forced |
| 迫害 | pò hài | to persecute |
| 强迫 (強迫) | qiǎng pò | to compel; to force |
| 迫使 | pò shǐ | to force; to compel |
| 压迫 (壓迫) | yā pò | to oppress; to repress |
| 迫切 | pò qiè | urgent; pressing |
| 攻击 (攻擊) | gōng jī | to attack; to accuse |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 大炮 (大砲) | dà pào | big gun; cannon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mortar”.
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.