Chinese symbol for “rivet”
铆钉
mǎo dīng
Traditional: 鉚釘
rivet
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rivet is 铆钉 (mǎo dīng), defined as: rivet.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rivet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铆 (鉚) | mǎo | to fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet |
| 铆接 (鉚接) | mǎo jiē | to join with rivets; to rivet |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铆钉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铆接 (鉚接) | mǎo jiē | to join with rivets; to rivet |
| 铆工 (鉚工) | mǎo gōng | riveter; worker with rivets |
| 拉铆枪 (拉鉚槍) | lā mǎo qiāng | see 铆钉枪 (mǎo dīng qiāng) |
| 铆上 (鉚上) | mǎo shàng | to go all out; to rise to |
| 铆劲儿 (鉚勁兒) | mǎo jìn r | to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort |
| 钉子 (釘子) | dīng zi | nail; snag |
| 眼中钉 (眼中釘) | yǎn zhōng dīng | a thorn in one's side |
| 斩钉截铁 (斬釘截鐵) | zhǎn dīng jié tiě | (lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rivet”.
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.