Chinese symbol for “valve”
阀门
fá mén
Traditional: 閥門
valve (mechanical)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for valve is 阀门 (fá mén), defined as: valve (mechanical).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “valve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电子管 (電子管) | diàn zǐ guǎn | valve (electronics); vacuum tube |
| 气门 (氣門) | qì mén | valve (esp. tire valve); accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门) |
| 瓣膜 | bàn mó | valve (biological) |
| 门 (門) | mén | gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure |
| 活门 (活門) | huó mén | valve |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阀门.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 军阀 (軍閥) | jūn fá | military clique; junta |
| 财阀 (財閥) | cái fá | tycoon; magnate; powerful corporation; conglomerate |
| 门阀 (門閥) | mén fá | rich and powerful family |
| 节流阀 (節流閥) | jié liú fá | a throttle |
| 安全阀 (安全閥) | ān quán fá | safety valve |
| 部门 (部門) | bù mén | department; branch |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) |
| 门口 (門口) | mén kǒu | doorway; gate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “valve”.
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.