Chinese symbol for “pad”
垫
diàn
Traditional: 墊
pad; cushion; mat; to pad out
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pad is 垫 (diàn), defined as: pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pad”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衬垫 (襯墊) | chèn diàn | pad |
| 垫子 (墊子) | diàn zi | cushion; mat; pad |
| 焊盘 (焊盤) | hàn pán | (electronics) pad; land (a connection on a circuit board) |
| 肉垫 (肉墊) | ròu diàn | pad (on animal paw) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 垫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 床垫 (床墊) | chuáng diàn | mattress; 张 (zhāng) |
| 垫底 (墊底) | diàn dǐ | to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime |
| 铺垫 (鋪墊) | pū diàn | to spread out bedding; bedcover |
| 气垫 (氣墊) | qì diàn | air cushion (as on hovercraft) |
| 坐垫 (坐墊) | zuò diàn | cushion; (motorbike) seat |
| 垫子 (墊子) | diàn zi | cushion; mat; pad |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pad”.
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.