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Chinese symbol for “beachhead”

滩头堡
tān tóu bǎo
Traditional: 灘頭堡
beachhead (military)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for beachhead is 滩头堡 (tān tóu bǎo), defined as: beachhead (military).

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

滩 tān
rapids; sandbar, shoal
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
堡 bǎo
fort, fortress; town, village
radical 32 ⼟ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 滩头堡.

WordPinyinMeaning
海滩 (海灘)hǎi tānbeach; measure word: 片 (piàn)
沙滩 (沙灘)shā tānbeach; sandy shore
滩涂 (灘塗)tān túmudflat
浅滩 (淺灘)qiǎn tānshallows; shoal
滩头 (灘頭)tān tóubeach; sand bank
河滩 (河灘)hé tānriver bank; river shore; strand
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
城堡chéng bǎocastle; rook (chess piece)

See also: Japanese symbol for “beachhead”.

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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