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Chinese symbol for “tightrope”

钢丝
gāng sī
Traditional: 鋼絲
steel wire; tightrope

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tightrope is 钢丝 (gāng sī), defined as: steel wire; tightrope.

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

钢 gāng
steel; hard, strong, tough
radical 167 ⾦ · 9 strokes
丝 sī
silk, fine thread; wire; strings
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 钢丝.

WordPinyinMeaning
钢铁 (鋼鐵)gāng tiěsteel
钢琴 (鋼琴)gāng qínpiano; measure word: 架 (jià), 台 (tái)
钢材 (鋼材)gāng cáisteel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
钢筋 (鋼筋)gāng jīnsteel reinforcing bar
不锈钢 (不銹鋼)bù xiù gāngstainless steel
粉丝 (粉絲)fěn sībean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
丝毫 (絲毫)sī háothe slightest amount or degree; a bit
丝袜 (絲襪)sī wàstockings; pantyhose

See also: Japanese symbol for “tightrope”.

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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