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Chinese symbol for “bat”

击球
jī qiú
Traditional: 擊球
to bat; to hit a ball (sport)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bat is 击球 (jī qiú), defined as: to bat; to hit a ball (sport).

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

击 jī
to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bat”

WordPinyinMeaning
蝠fú(bound form) bat
球棒qiú bàng(baseball or cricket) bat; hockey stick
球拍qiú pāi(tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat
蝙蝠biān fú(zoology) bat
球棍qiú gùn(sport) club; bat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 击球.

WordPinyinMeaning
攻击 (攻擊)gōng jīto attack; to accuse
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
袭击 (襲擊)xí jīattack (esp. surprise attack); raid
冲击 (沖擊)chōng jīvariant of 冲击 (chōng jī)
射击 (射擊)shè jīto shoot; to fire (a gun)
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
地球dì qiúthe earth

See also: Japanese symbol for “bat”.

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.