Chinese symbol for “pedal”
脚踏
jiǎo tà
Traditional: 腳踏
pedal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pedal is 脚踏 (jiǎo tà), defined as: pedal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pedal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 踏板 | tà bǎn | pedal (in a car, on a piano etc); treadle |
| 脚蹬 (腳蹬) | jiǎo dēng | pedal |
| 脚踏板 (腳踏板) | jiǎo tà bǎn | pedal; treadle |
| 踩 | cǎi | to step on; to tread |
| 蹬子 | dēng zi | pedal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脚踏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脚步 (腳步) | jiǎo bù | footstep; step |
| 脚下 (腳下) | jiǎo xià | under the foot |
| 脚本 (腳本) | jiǎo běn | script; screenplay; scenario; libretto; (computing) script |
| 手脚 (手腳) | shǒu jiǎo | hand and foot; movement of limbs |
| 双脚 (雙腳) | shuāng jiǎo | two legs; both feet |
| 脚踏车 (腳踏車) | jiǎo tà chē | (Tw) bicycle; bike; 辆 (liàng) |
| 踏上 | tà shàng | to set foot on; to step on or into |
| 践踏 (踐踏) | jiàn tà | to trample |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pedal”.
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.