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Chinese symbol for “piston”

活塞
huó sāi
piston

The closest CC-CEDICT match for piston is 活塞 (huó sāi), defined as: piston.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

活 huó
to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
塞 sāi
to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
radical 32 ⼟ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “piston”

WordPinyinMeaning
鞲鞴gōu bèipiston (loanword from German "Kolben")
柱塞zhù sāiplunger; (automotive) piston

Related words

Other words that share a character with 活塞.

WordPinyinMeaning
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
生活shēng huóto live; life
活跃 (活躍)huó yuèactive; lively
活着 (活著)huó zhealive
活力huó lìenergy; vitality
灵活 (靈活)líng huóflexible; nimble
堵塞dǔ sèto clog up; blockage
塞车 (塞車)sāi chētraffic jam

See also: Japanese symbol for “piston”.

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.

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