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Chinese symbol for “windpipe”

气管
qì guǎn
Traditional: 氣管
windpipe; trachea; respiratory tract; air duct

The closest CC-CEDICT match for windpipe is 气管 (qì guǎn), defined as: windpipe; trachea; respiratory tract; air duct; gas pipe.

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

气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes
管 guǎn
tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
radical 118 ⽵ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “windpipe”

WordPinyinMeaning
嗓门 (嗓門)sǎng ménvoice; windpipe

Related words

Other words that share a character with 气管.

WordPinyinMeaning
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
气候 (氣候)qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
生气 (生氣)shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
勇气 (勇氣)yǒng qìcourage
气氛 (氣氛)qì fēnatmosphere; mood
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
尽管 (儘管)jǐn guǎndespite; although

See also: Japanese symbol for “windpipe”.

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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