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
Other Chinese words for “accident”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意外事故 | yì wài shì gù | accident |
| 意外 | yì wài | unexpected; accident |
| 长短 (長短) | cháng duǎn | length; accident; mishap |
| 差错 (差錯) | chā cuò | mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap |
| 变故 (變故) | biàn gù | an unforeseen event; accident |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 事故.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 事实 (事實) | shì shí | fact; 个 (gè) |
| 故意 | gù yì | deliberately; on purpose |
| 故障 | gù zhàng | malfunction; breakdown |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home; 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.