Chinese symbol for “spiral”
螺旋
luó xuán
spiral; helix; screw
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spiral is 螺旋 (luó xuán), defined as: spiral; helix; screw.
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 “spiral”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盘旋 (盤旋) | pán xuán | to spiral; to circle |
| 旋涡 (旋渦) | xuán wō | spiral; whirlpool |
| 螺旋形 | luó xuán xíng | spiral |
| 螺线 (螺線) | luó xiàn | spiral |
| 绕 (繞) | rào | to wind; to coil (thread) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 螺旋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螺丝 (螺絲) | luó sī | screw |
| 螺旋桨 (螺旋槳) | luó xuán jiǎng | propeller |
| 螺纹 (螺紋) | luó wén | spiral pattern; whorl of fingerprint |
| 陀螺 | tuó luó | spinning top; gyroscope |
| 螺栓 | luó shuān | bolt (male component of nut and bolt) |
| 旋转 (旋轉) | xuán zhuǎn | to rotate; to revolve |
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody |
| 旋风 (旋風) | xuàn fēng | whirlwind; tornado |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spiral”.
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.