Chinese symbol for “switchblade”
弹簧刀
tán huáng dāo
Traditional: 彈簧刀
flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife
The closest CC-CEDICT match for switchblade is 弹簧刀 (tán huáng dāo), defined as: flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弹簧刀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炸弹 (炸彈) | zhà dàn | bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē) |
| 导弹 (導彈) | dǎo dàn | (guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 子弹 (子彈) | zǐ dàn | bullet; measure word: 粒 (lì), 颗 (kē), 发 (fā) |
| 弹性 (彈性) | tán xìng | flexibility; elasticity |
| 弹药 (彈藥) | dàn yào | ammunition |
| 反弹 (反彈) | fǎn tán | to bounce; to bounce back |
| 弹簧 (彈簧) | tán huáng | spring |
| 单簧管 (單簧管) | dān huáng guǎn | clarinet |
| 刀子 | dāo zi | knife; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “switchblade”.
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.