Chinese symbol for “trident”
三叉戟
sān chā jǐ
trident
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trident is 三叉戟 (sān chā jǐ), defined as: trident.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “trident”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锽 (鍠) | huáng | sound of drums and bells; trident |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 三叉戟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times |
| 三级 (三級) | sān jí | grade 3; third class |
| 十三 | shí sān | thirteen; 13 |
| 三分 | sān fēn | somewhat; to some degree |
| 第三方 | dì sān fāng | third party |
| 交叉 | jiāo chā | to cross; to intersect |
| 分叉 | fēn chà | to branch; to fork; fork; branch; bifurcation |
| 大戟科 | dà jǐ kē | Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trident”.
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.