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Chinese symbol for “backflip”

后空翻
hòu kōng fān
Traditional: 後空翻
backward somersault; backflip

The closest CC-CEDICT match for backflip is 后空翻 (hòu kōng fān), defined as: backward somersault; backflip.

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

后 hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
空 kōng
hollow, empty, deserted, bare
radical 116 ⽳ · 8 strokes
翻 fān
to upset, to capsize, to flip over
radical 124 ⽻ · 18 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 后空翻.

WordPinyinMeaning
最后 (最後)zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
之后 (之後)zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
以后 (以後)yǐ hòuafter; later
后来 (後來)hòu láiafterwards; later; newly arrived
后面 (後面)hòu mianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
空间 (空間)kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
航空háng kōngaviation
翻译 (翻譯)fān yìto translate; to interpret

See also: Japanese symbol for “backflip”.

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.