Chinese symbol for “spacer”
垫片
diàn piàn
Traditional: 墊片
spacer; shim
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spacer is 垫片 (diàn piàn), defined as: spacer; shim.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 垫片.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 床垫 (床墊) | chuáng diàn | mattress; 张 (zhāng) |
| 垫底 (墊底) | diàn dǐ | to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime |
| 铺垫 (鋪墊) | pū diàn | to spread out bedding; bedcover |
| 气垫 (氣墊) | qì diàn | air cushion (as on hovercraft) |
| 坐垫 (坐墊) | zuò diàn | cushion; (motorbike) seat |
| 垫子 (墊子) | diàn zi | cushion; mat; pad |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 图片 (圖片) | tú piàn | picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spacer”.
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.