Chinese symbol for “scaffolding”
脚手架
jiǎo shǒu jià
Traditional: 腳手架
scaffolding
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scaffolding is 脚手架 (jiǎo shǒu jià), defined as: scaffolding.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scaffolding”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脚手架.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脚步 (腳步) | jiǎo bù | footstep; step |
| 脚下 (腳下) | jiǎo xià | under the foot |
| 脚本 (腳本) | jiǎo běn | script; screenplay; scenario; libretto; (computing) script |
| 手脚 (手腳) | shǒu jiǎo | hand and foot; movement of limbs |
| 双脚 (雙腳) | shuāng jiǎo | two legs; both feet |
| 脚踏车 (腳踏車) | jiǎo tà chē | (Tw) bicycle; bike; 辆 (liàng) |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 绑架 (綁架) | bǎng jià | to kidnap; to abduct |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scaffolding”.
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.