Chinese symbol for “tar”
焦油
jiāo yóu
tar
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tar is 焦油 (jiāo yóu), defined as: tar.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tar”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 焦油.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焦点 (焦點) | jiāo diǎn | (lit. and fig.) focal point; focus |
| 焦虑 (焦慮) | jiāo lǜ | anxious; worried |
| 聚焦 | jù jiāo | to focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention |
| 焦急 | jiāo jí | anxiety; anxious |
| 焦躁 | jiāo zào | fretful; impatient |
| 烧焦 (燒焦) | shāo jiāo | to burn; to scorch |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 加油 | jiā yóu | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tar”.
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.