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Chinese symbol for “pylon”

电缆塔
diàn lǎn tǎ
Traditional: 電纜塔
a pylon (for electric power line)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pylon is 电缆塔 (diàn lǎn tǎ), defined as: a pylon (for electric power line).

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

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
缆 lǎn
cable, hawser, heavy-duty rope
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes
塔 tǎ
tower, spire, tall building
radical 32 ⼟ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电缆塔.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
电缆 (電纜)diàn lǎn(electric) cable
缆车 (纜車)lǎn chēcable car
金字塔jīn zì tǎpyramid (building or structure)

See also: Japanese symbol for “pylon”.

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.