Chinese symbol for “spinning”
纺纱
fǎng shā
Traditional: 紡紗
to spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spinning is 纺纱 (fǎng shā), defined as: to spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “spinning”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骨碌碌 | gū lù lù | (onom.) rolling around; spinning; also pr. [gu1lu1lu1] |
| 纺丝 (紡絲) | fǎng sī | to spin synthetic fiber; to spin silk |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纺纱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纺织 (紡織) | fǎng zhī | spinning and weaving |
| 纺织品 (紡織品) | fǎng zhī pǐn | textile; fabrics |
| 纺织厂 (紡織廠) | fǎng zhī chǎng | textile factory; cotton mill |
| 纺锤 (紡錘) | fǎng chuí | spindle |
| 混纺 (混紡) | hùn fǎng | mixed fabric; blended fabric |
| 婚纱 (婚紗) | hūn shā | wedding dress |
| 面纱 (面紗) | miàn shā | veil |
| 纱布 (紗布) | shā bù | gauze |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spinning”.
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.