Chinese symbol for “spanner”
扳手
bān shǒu
spanner; wrench; lever (on a machine)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spanner is 扳手 (bān shǒu), defined as: spanner; wrench; lever (on a machine).
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
Other Chinese words for “spanner”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扳子 | bān zi | spanner; wrench; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 扳钳 (扳鉗) | bān qián | wrench; spanner |
| 士巴拿 | shì bā ná | (dialect) spanner (loanword) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扳手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扳机 (扳機) | bān jī | (gun) trigger |
| 扳回 | bān huí | to pull back; to regain (one's dignity etc) |
| 扳平 | bān píng | to equalize; to level the score |
| 扳动 (扳動) | bān dòng | to pull out; to pull a lever |
| 扳指 | bān zhǐ | ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a b |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spanner”.
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.