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Chinese symbol for “saucer”

碟子
dié zi
saucer; small dish; 盘 (pán)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for saucer is 碟子 (dié zi), defined as: saucer; small dish; 盘 (pán).

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

碟 dié
plate, small dish
radical 112 ⽯ · 14 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “saucer”

WordPinyinMeaning
杯托bēi tuōa saucer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 碟子.

WordPinyinMeaning
飞碟 (飛碟)fēi diéflying saucer; frisbee
光碟guāng diéoptical disc; compact disc
硬碟yìng dié(Tw) hard disk; hard drive
影碟yǐng diéDVD; measure word: 片 (piàn), 张 (zhāng)
碟片dié piàndisc; 张 (zhāng)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “saucer”.

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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