Chinese symbol for “napkin”
餐巾
cān jīn
napkin; 张 (zhāng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for napkin is 餐巾 (cān jīn), defined as: napkin; 张 (zhāng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “napkin”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 餐巾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 餐厅 (餐廳) | cān tīng | dining hall; dining room |
| 午餐 | wǔ cān | lunch; luncheon |
| 早餐 | zǎo cān | breakfast; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì) |
| 餐馆 (餐館) | cān guǎn | restaurant; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 晚餐 | wǎn cān | evening meal; dinner; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì) |
| 套餐 | tào cān | set meal; (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) |
| 毛巾 | máo jīn | towel; 条 (tiáo) |
| 头巾 (頭巾) | tóu jīn | cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times; headscarf (typically worn by women) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “napkin”.
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.