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Chinese symbol for “scanner”

扫描仪
sǎo miáo yí
Traditional: 掃描儀
scanner (device)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scanner is 扫描仪 (sǎo miáo yí), defined as: scanner (device).

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

扫 sǎo
to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out
radical 64 ⼿ · 6 strokes
描 miáo
to copy, to depict, to sketch, to trace
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
仪 yí
instrument, apparatus; ceremony, rites
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “scanner”

WordPinyinMeaning
扫描器 (掃描器)sǎo miáo qìscanner

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扫描仪.

WordPinyinMeaning
扫描 (掃描)sǎo miáoto scan
打扫 (打掃)dǎ sǎoto clean; to sweep
横扫 (橫掃)héng sǎoto sweep away; to sweep across
扫除 (掃除)sǎo chúto clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out
扫荡 (掃蕩)sǎo dàng(military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate
扫地 (掃地)sǎo dìto sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom
描述miáo shùto describe; description
描写 (描寫)miáo xiěto describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
仪式 (儀式)yí shìceremony

See also: Japanese symbol for “scanner”.

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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