Chinese symbol for “paddle”
划桨
huá jiǎng
Traditional: 划槳
to paddle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paddle is 划桨 (huá jiǎng), defined as: to paddle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “paddle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桨 (槳) | jiǎng | oar; paddle; 只 (zhī) |
| 划 | huá | to row; to paddle |
| 球拍 | qiú pāi | (tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat |
| 棹 (櫂) | zhào | oar (archaic); scull |
| 划子 | huá zi | rowboat; small boat; oar; paddle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 划桨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 计划 (計劃) | jì huà | plan; project |
| 规划 (規劃) | guī huà | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program |
| 划分 (劃分) | huà fēn | to divide up; to partition |
| 行政区划 (行政區劃) | xíng zhèng qū huà | administrative subdivision |
| 策划 (策劃) | cè huà | to plot; to scheme |
| 区划 (區劃) | qū huà | subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) |
| 螺旋桨 (螺旋槳) | luó xuán jiǎng | propeller |
| 船桨 (船槳) | chuán jiǎng | oar |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paddle”.
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.