Chinese symbol for “shotgun”
霰弹枪
xiàn dàn qiāng
Traditional: 霰彈槍
shotgun
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shotgun is 霰弹枪 (xiàn dàn qiāng), defined as: shotgun.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shotgun”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 霰弹枪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 榴霰弹 (榴霰彈) | liú xiàn dàn | shrapnel shell; shrapnel |
| 霰粒肿 (霰粒腫) | xiàn lì zhǒng | (medicine) chalazion |
| 炸弹 (炸彈) | zhà dàn | bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē) |
| 导弹 (導彈) | dǎo dàn | (guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 子弹 (子彈) | zǐ dàn | bullet; measure word: 粒 (lì), 颗 (kē), 发 (fā) |
| 弹性 (彈性) | tán xìng | flexibility; elasticity |
| 弹药 (彈藥) | dàn yào | ammunition |
| 反弹 (反彈) | fǎn tán | to bounce; to bounce back |
| 开枪 (開槍) | kāi qiāng | to open fire; to shoot a gun |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shotgun”.
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.