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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “trajectory”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弹道.
| 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 |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to 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.