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Chinese symbol for “zipper”

拉链
lā liàn
Traditional: 拉鏈
zipper

The closest CC-CEDICT match for zipper is 拉链 (lā liàn), defined as: zipper.

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

拉 lā
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
链 liàn
chain, wire; chains, shackles
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “zipper”

WordPinyinMeaning
拉锁 (拉鎖)lā suǒzipper

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拉链.

WordPinyinMeaning
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
阿拉ā lā(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our
克拉kè lācarat (mass) (loanword)
拉丁lā dīngLatin; (in former times) to press-gang
拉拉lā lā(slang) lesbian; (coll.) Labrador retriever
马拉松 (馬拉松)mǎ lā sōng(loanword) marathon
链接 (鏈接)liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink
链条 (鏈條)liàn tiáochain; measure word: 根 (gēn), 条 (tiáo)

See also: Japanese symbol for “zipper”.

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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