Chinese symbol for “windmill”
风车
fēng chē
Traditional: 風車
pinwheel; windmill
The closest CC-CEDICT match for windmill is 风车 (fēng chē), defined as: pinwheel; windmill.
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 风车.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 风格 (風格) | fēng gé | style |
| 风暴 (風暴) | fēng bào | storm; violent commotion |
| 风景 (風景) | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 台风 (臺風) | tái fēng | stage presence, poise |
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
| 车辆 (車輛) | chē liàng | vehicle |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “windmill”.
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.