Chinese symbol for “recorder”
记录器
jì lù qì
Traditional: 記錄器
recorder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recorder is 记录器 (jì lù qì), defined as: recorder.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “recorder”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竖笛 (豎笛) | shù dí | recorder (musical instrument); (Tw) clarinet |
| 记录员 (記錄員) | jì lù yuán | recorder |
| 木笛 | mù dí | recorder (musical instrument) (Tw) |
| 直笛 | zhí dí | (Tw) recorder (musical instrument) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 记录器.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 记得 (記得) | jì de | to remember |
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 忘记 (忘記) | wàng jì | to forget |
| 记忆 (記憶) | jì yì | to remember; to recall; memory |
| 纪录 (紀錄) | jì lù | variant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferr |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
| 武器 | wǔ qì | weapon; arms |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recorder”.
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.