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Chinese symbol for “sonar”

声纳
shēng nà
Traditional: 聲納
sonar (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sonar is 声纳 (shēng nà), defined as: sonar (loanword).

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

声 shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
radical 33 ⼠ · 7 strokes
纳 nà
to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sonar”

WordPinyinMeaning
声呐 (聲吶)shēng nàsonar (loanword)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 声纳.

WordPinyinMeaning
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
声明 (聲明)shēng míngto state; to declare
声称 (聲稱)shēng chēngto claim; to state
大声 (大聲)dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
一声 (一聲)yī shēngfirst tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
声援 (聲援)shēng yuánto support (a cause)
纳入 (納入)nà rùto bring into; to channel into
容纳 (容納)róng nàto hold; to contain

See also: Japanese symbol for “sonar”.

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.