Chinese symbol for “pan”
锅
guō
Traditional: 鍋
pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; measure word: 口 (kǒu), 只 (zhī)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pan is 锅 (guō), defined as: pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; measure word: 口 (kǒu), 只 (zhī).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pan”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锅炉 (鍋爐) | guō lú | boiler |
| 火锅 (火鍋) | huǒ guō | hotpot; (basketball) a blocked shot; a block |
| 铁锅 (鐵鍋) | tiě guō | iron cooking pot |
| 大锅 (大鍋) | dà guō | a big wok; cauldron |
| 锅子 (鍋子) | guō zi | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing |
| 锅盖 (鍋蓋) | guō gài | saucepan lid; (satellite) dish |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pan”.
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.