Chinese symbol for “pendant”
吊坠
diào zhuì
Traditional: 吊墜
a pendant (jewelry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pendant is 吊坠 (diào zhuì), defined as: a pendant (jewelry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pendant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坠饰 (墜飾) | zhuì shì | pendant (jewelry) |
| 坠子 (墜子) | zhuì zi | weight; pendant |
| 别子 (別子) | bié zi | hasp; pendant |
| 佩饰 (佩飾) | pèi shì | ornament; pendant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吊坠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吊销 (吊銷) | diào xiāo | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke |
| 上吊 | shàng diào | to hang oneself |
| 吊死 | diào sǐ | death by hanging; to hang oneself |
| 吊唁 | diào yàn | to offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole |
| 提心吊胆 (提心吊膽) | tí xīn diào dǎn | (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge |
| 坠毁 (墜毀) | zhuì huǐ | (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash |
| 坠落 (墜落) | zhuì luò | to fall; to drop |
| 坠入 (墜入) | zhuì rù | to drop into; to fall into |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pendant”.
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.