Chinese symbol for “spindle”
锭
dìng
Traditional: 錠
(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spindle is 锭 (dìng), defined as: (weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “spindle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纺锤 (紡錘) | fǎng chuí | spindle |
| 纱绽 (紗綻) | shā zhàn | spindle |
| 转动轴 (轉動軸) | zhuàn dòng zhóu | axis of rotation (mechanics); spindle |
| 心轴 (心軸) | xīn zhóu | central axis; spindle |
| 筳 | tíng | bamboo pole; spindle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 银锭 (銀錠) | yín dìng | silver ingot |
| 铝锭 (鋁錠) | lǚ dìng | aluminum ingot |
| 纸锭 (紙錠) | zhǐ dìng | paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead) |
| 锡锭 (錫錠) | xī dìng | tin ingot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spindle”.
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.