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Chinese symbol for “tire”

轮胎
lún tāi
Traditional: 輪胎
tire; pneumatic tire

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tire is 轮胎 (lún tāi), defined as: tire; pneumatic tire.

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

轮 lún
wheel; to turn, to revolve; to recur
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
胎 tāi
embryo, fetus; car tire
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tire”

WordPinyinMeaning
疲倦pí juànto tire; tired
带 (帶)dàiband; belt
车胎 (車胎)chē tāitire
辋 (輞)wǎngtire; wheel band
轮箍 (輪箍)lún gūtire

Related words

Other words that share a character with 轮胎.

WordPinyinMeaning
一轮 (一輪)yī lúnfirst round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
轮流 (輪流)lún liúto alternate; to take turns
涡轮 (渦輪)wō lúnturbine
第二轮 (第二輪)dì èr lúnsecond round (of match, or election)
轮椅 (輪椅)lún yǐwheelchair
胎儿 (胎兒)tāi érunborn child; fetus
堕胎 (墮胎)duò tāito induce an abortion; induced abortion
双胞胎 (雙胞胎)shuāng bāo tāitwin; 对 (duì)

See also: Japanese symbol for “tire”.

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.