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Chinese symbol for “brad”

角钉
jiǎo dīng
Traditional: 角釘
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc); brad

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brad is 角钉 (jiǎo dīng), defined as: corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc); brad.

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

角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes
钉 dīng
nail, spike
radical 167 ⾦ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 角钉.

WordPinyinMeaning
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
主角zhǔ juéleading role; lead; protagonist
角落jiǎo luòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
视角 (視角)shì jiǎoangle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference
三角sān jiǎotriangle; (math.) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角学 (sān jiǎo xué))
钉子 (釘子)dīng zinail; snag
眼中钉 (眼中釘)yǎn zhōng dīnga thorn in one's side

See also: Japanese symbol for “brad”.

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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