Chinese symbol for “roll”
滚动
gǔn dòng
Traditional: 滾動
to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for roll is 滚动 (gǔn dòng), defined as: to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics); to rumble (of thunder).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “roll”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻转 (翻轉) | fān zhuǎn | to roll; to turn over |
| 名册 (名冊) | míng cè | roll (of names); register |
| 翻滚 (翻滾) | fān gǔn | to roll; to boil |
| 轧 (軋) | zhá | to roll (steel) |
| 转悠 (轉悠) | zhuàn you | to roll; to wander around |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滚动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摇滚 (搖滾) | yáo gǔn | rock 'n' roll (music); to rock |
| 滚蛋 (滾蛋) | gǔn dàn | (slang) get out of here!; beat it! |
| 摇滚乐 (搖滾樂) | yáo gǔn yuè | rock music; rock 'n roll |
| 滚开 (滾開) | gǔn kāi | (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! |
| 翻滚 (翻滾) | fān gǔn | to roll; to boil |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “roll”.
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.