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Chinese symbol for “twill”

斜纹
xié wén
Traditional: 斜紋
(textiles) twill

The closest CC-CEDICT match for twill is 斜纹 (xié wén), defined as: (textiles) twill.

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

斜 xié
slanting, sloping, inclined
radical 68 ⽃ · 11 strokes
纹 wén
line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 斜纹.

WordPinyinMeaning
倾斜 (傾斜)qīng xiéto incline; to lean
斜坡xié pōslope; incline
斜面xié miàninclined plane
斜眼xié yǎnto look askance; cross or wall-eyed
斜线 (斜線)xié xiànoblique line; slash (symbol)
斜率xié lǜslope
指纹 (指紋)zhǐ wénfingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
纹身 (紋身)wén shēnvariant of 文身 (wén shēn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “twill”.

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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