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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 斜纹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倾斜 (傾斜) | qīng xié | to incline; to lean |
| 斜坡 | xié pō | slope; incline |
| 斜面 | xié miàn | inclined plane |
| 斜眼 | xié yǎn | to look askance; cross or wall-eyed |
| 斜线 (斜線) | xié xiàn | oblique line; slash (symbol) |
| 斜率 | xié lǜ | slope |
| 指纹 (指紋) | zhǐ wén | fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers |
| 纹身 (紋身) | wén shēn | variant 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.