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Chinese symbol for “voltage”

电压
diàn yā
Traditional: 電壓
voltage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for voltage is 电压 (diàn yā), defined as: voltage.

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

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
压 yā
press; oppress; crush; pressure
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “voltage”

WordPinyinMeaning
电位 (電位)diàn wèielectric potential; voltage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电压.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
压力 (壓力)yā lìpressure
镇压 (鎮壓)zhèn yāsuppression; repression

See also: Japanese symbol for “voltage”.

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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