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Chinese symbol for “trajectory”

弹道
dàn dào
Traditional: 彈道
trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trajectory is 弹道 (dàn dào), defined as: trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve.

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

弹 dàn
bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
radical 57 ⼸ · 11 strokes
道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “trajectory”

WordPinyinMeaning
轨迹 (軌跡)guǐ jìlocus; orbit
迹线 (跡線)jì xiàntrajectory
径迹 (徑跡)jìng jìtrack; trajectory

Related words

Other words that share a character with 弹道.

WordPinyinMeaning
炸弹 (炸彈)zhà dànbomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
导弹 (導彈)dǎo dàn(guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi)
子弹 (子彈)zǐ dànbullet; measure word: 粒 (lì), 颗 (kē), 发 (fā)
弹性 (彈性)tán xìngflexibility; elasticity
弹药 (彈藥)dàn yàoammunition
反弹 (反彈)fǎn tánto bounce; to bounce back
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report

See also: Japanese symbol for “trajectory”.

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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