Chinese symbol for “stretcher”
担架
dān jià
Traditional: 擔架
stretcher; litter; bier
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stretcher is 担架 (dān jià), defined as: stretcher; litter; bier.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stretcher”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 担架.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 担任 (擔任) | dān rèn | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of |
| 承担 (承擔) | chéng dān | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) |
| 负担 (負擔) | fù dān | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden |
| 担忧 (擔憂) | dān yōu | to worry; to be concerned |
| 担当 (擔當) | dān dāng | to take upon oneself; to assume |
| 绑架 (綁架) | bǎng jià | to kidnap; to abduct |
| 框架 | kuàng jià | (construction) frame; (fig.) framework |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stretcher”.
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.