Chinese symbol for “napalm”

凝固汽油弹

níng gù qì yóu dàn

Traditional: 凝固汽油彈

napalm

The closest CC-CEDICT match for napalm is 凝固汽油弹 (níng gù qì yóu dàn), defined as: napalm.

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Characters and stroke order

凝 níng

to coagulate, to congeal; to freeze

radical 15 ⼎ · 16 strokes

固 gù

to solidify; strength

radical 31 ⼞ · 8 strokes

汽 qì

gasoline; steam, vapor

radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes

油 yóu

oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints

radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

弹 dàn

bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy

radical 57 ⼸ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

彈 dàn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凝固汽油弹.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
混凝土	hùn níng tǔ	concrete (building material)
凝聚	níng jù	to condense; to coagulate
凝结 (凝結)	níng jié	to condense; to solidify
凝聚力	níng jù lì	cohesion; cohesiveness
凝固	níng gù	to freeze; to solidify
凝视 (凝視)	níng shì	to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on
固定	gù dìng	to fix; to fasten
巩固 (鞏固)	gǒng gù	to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
汽车 (汽車)	qì chē	car; automobile
石油	shí yóu	oil; petroleum
炸弹 (炸彈)	zhà dàn	bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)

See also: Japanese symbol for “napalm”.

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.