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Chinese symbol for “artillery”

大炮
dà pào
Traditional: 大砲
big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big

The closest CC-CEDICT match for artillery is 大炮 (dà pào), defined as: big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; 门 (mén),尊 (zūn).

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
炮 pào
cannon, artillery
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “artillery”

WordPinyinMeaning
火炮huǒ pàocannon; gun
火炮 (火砲)huǒ pàocannon; gun

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大炮.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
炮弹 (炮彈)pào dànartillery shell; measure word: 枚 (méi)
火炮huǒ pàocannon; gun

See also: Japanese symbol for “artillery”.

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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