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Chinese symbol for “turntable”

转盘
zhuàn pán
Traditional: 轉盤
turntable; rotary (traffic)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for turntable is 转盘 (zhuàn pán), defined as: turntable; rotary (traffic).

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

转 zhuàn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
盘 pán
tray, plate, dish; to examine
radical 108 ⽫ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “turntable”

WordPinyinMeaning
转车 (轉車)zhuàn chēa turntable
唱盘 (唱盤)chàng pánturntable; gramophone record
转车台 (轉車台)zhuàn chē táia turntable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 转盘.

WordPinyinMeaning
转移 (轉移)zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform
转型 (轉型)zhuǎn xíngto undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product)
转化 (轉化)zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform
转向 (轉向)zhuǎn xiàngto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
键盘 (鍵盤)jiàn pánkeyboard
地盘 (地盤)dì pándomain; territory under one's control
硬盘 (硬盤)yìng pánhard disk

See also: Japanese symbol for “turntable”.

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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