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Chinese symbol for “bombardment”

炮击
pào jī
Traditional: 炮擊
to shell; to bombard; bombardment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bombardment is 炮击 (pào jī), defined as: to shell; to bombard; bombardment.

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

炮 pào
cannon, artillery
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes
击 jī
to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 炮击.

WordPinyinMeaning
大炮 (大砲)dà pàobig gun; cannon
炮弹 (炮彈)pào dànartillery shell; measure word: 枚 (méi)
火炮huǒ pàocannon; gun
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)

See also: Japanese symbol for “bombardment”.

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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