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Chinese symbol for “sprinkler”

水枪
shuǐ qiāng
Traditional: 水槍
water pistol (toy); water gun; sprinkler; water cannon

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sprinkler is 水枪 (shuǐ qiāng), defined as: water pistol (toy); water gun; sprinkler; water cannon.

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

水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
枪 qiāng
gun, rife; lance, spear
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sprinkler”

WordPinyinMeaning
喷洒器 (噴灑器)pēn sǎ qìsprinkler; sprayer
洒水机 (灑水機)sǎ shuǐ jīsprinkler
花洒 (花灑)huā sǎshowerhead; sprinkler

Related words

Other words that share a character with 水枪.

WordPinyinMeaning
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
水泥shuǐ nícement; measure word: 袋 (dài)
洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
水准 (水準)shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard
水库 (水庫)shuǐ kùreservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò)
开枪 (開槍)kāi qiāngto open fire; to shoot a gun
手枪 (手槍)shǒu qiāngpistol; measure word: 把 (bǎ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “sprinkler”.

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.

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