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Chinese symbol for “rotary”

环岛
huán dǎo
Traditional: 環島
traffic circle; rotary; roundabout; to travel around an island

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rotary is 环岛 (huán dǎo), defined as: traffic circle; rotary; roundabout; to travel around an island.

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

环 huán
bracelet, ring; to surround, to loop
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes
岛 dǎo
island
radical 46 ⼭ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rotary”

WordPinyinMeaning
转盘 (轉盤)zhuàn pánturntable; rotary (traffic)
回旋处 (迴旋處)huí xuán chùtraffic circle; rotary; roundabout
圆环 (圓環)yuán huánring (any circular object); (math.) annulus

Related words

Other words that share a character with 环岛.

WordPinyinMeaning
环境 (環境)huán jìngenvironment; circumstances
环保 (環保)huán bǎoenvironmental protection; environmentally friendly
循环 (循環)xún huánto cycle; to circulate
环节 (環節)huán jié(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy)
环球 (環球)huán qiúaround the world; worldwide
环境保护 (環境保護)huán jìng bǎo hùenvironmental protection
岛屿 (島嶼)dǎo yǔisland
半岛 (半島)bàn dǎopeninsula

See also: Japanese symbol for “rotary”.

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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