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Chinese symbol for “accident”

事故
shì gù
accident; 桩 (zhuāng),起 (qǐ),次 (cì)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for accident is 事故 (shì gù), defined as: accident; 桩 (zhuāng),起 (qǐ),次 (cì).

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

事 shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes
故 gù
reason, cause; happening, instance
radical 66 ⽁ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “accident”

WordPinyinMeaning
意外事故yì wài shì gùaccident
意外yì wàiunexpected; accident
长短 (長短)cháng duǎnlength; accident; mishap
差错 (差錯)chā cuòmistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap
变故 (變故)biàn gùan unforeseen event; accident

Related words

Other words that share a character with 事故.

WordPinyinMeaning
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事gù shìold practice
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
故意gù yìdeliberately; on purpose
故障gù zhàngmalfunction; breakdown
故乡 (故鄉)gù xiānghome; homeland

See also: Japanese symbol for “accident”.

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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