Chinese symbol for “shrapnel”
弹片
dàn piàn
Traditional: 彈片
shrapnel; shell fragment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shrapnel is 弹片 (dàn piàn), defined as: shrapnel; shell fragment.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shrapnel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 子母弹 (子母彈) | zǐ mǔ dàn | (military) cluster bomb; shrapnel |
| 榴霰弹 (榴霰彈) | liú xiàn dàn | shrapnel shell; shrapnel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弹片.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 图片 (圖片) | tú piàn | picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shrapnel”.
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.