Chinese symbol for “roundabout”
环岛
huán dǎo
Traditional: 環島
traffic circle; rotary; roundabout; to travel around an island
The closest CC-CEDICT match for roundabout 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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “roundabout”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委 | wěi | to entrust; to cast aside |
| 拖沓 | tuō tà | dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout |
| 迂回 (迂迴) | yū huí | roundabout route; circuitous |
| 迂曲 | yū qū | circuitous; tortuous |
| 回旋处 (迴旋處) | huí xuán chù | traffic circle; rotary; roundabout |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 环岛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 环境 (環境) | huán jìng | environment; circumstances |
| 环保 (環保) | huán bǎo | environmental protection; environmentally friendly |
| 循环 (循環) | xún huán | to 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 qiú | around the world; worldwide |
| 环境保护 (環境保護) | huán jìng bǎo hù | environmental protection |
| 岛屿 (島嶼) | dǎo yǔ | island |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
See also: Japanese symbol for “roundabout”.
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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