Chinese symbol for “scaffold”
断头台
duàn tóu tái
Traditional: 斷頭台
guillotine; scaffold
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scaffold is 断头台 (duàn tóu tái), defined as: guillotine; scaffold.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 断头台.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不断 (不斷) | bù duàn | unceasing; uninterrupted |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 垄断 (壟斷) | lǒng duàn | to monopolize |
| 中断 (中斷) | zhōng duàn | to cut short; to break off |
| 诊断 (診斷) | zhěn duàn | to diagnose |
| 切断 (切斷) | qiē duàn | to cut off; to sever |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scaffold”.
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.