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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sprinkler”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喷洒器 (噴灑器) | pēn sǎ qì | sprinkler; sprayer |
| 洒水机 (灑水機) | sǎ shuǐ jī | sprinkler |
| 花洒 (花灑) | huā sǎ | showerhead; sprinkler |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 水枪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 水准 (水準) | shuǐ zhǔn | level (of achievement etc); standard |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 开枪 (開槍) | kāi qiāng | to open fire; to shoot a gun |
| 手枪 (手槍) | shǒu qiāng | pistol; 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.