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Chinese symbol for “twisting”

缠绕
chán rào
Traditional: 纏繞
twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester

The closest CC-CEDICT match for twisting is 缠绕 (chán rào), defined as: twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother.

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

缠 chán
to wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to annoy
radical 120 ⽷ · 13 strokes
绕 rào
to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “twisting”

WordPinyinMeaning
纡 (紆)yūwinding; twisting

Related words

Other words that share a character with 缠绕.

WordPinyinMeaning
纠缠 (糾纏)jiū chánto be in a tangle; to nag
缠身 (纏身)chán shēn(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
缠绵 (纏綿)chán miántouching (emotions); lingering (illness)
难缠 (難纏)nán chán(usu. of people) difficult; demanding
缠足 (纏足)chán zúfoot-binding
围绕 (圍繞)wéi ràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)
环绕 (環繞)huán ràoto surround; to circle
绕过 (繞過)rào guòto detour; to bypass

See also: Japanese symbol for “twisting”.

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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