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Chinese symbol for “budge”

动弹
dòng tan
Traditional: 動彈
to budge

The closest CC-CEDICT match for budge is 动弹 (dòng tan), defined as: to budge.

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

动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
弹 tan
bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
radical 57 ⼸ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 动弹.

WordPinyinMeaning
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal
推动 (推動)tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
劳动 (勞動)láo dòngwork; toil
炸弹 (炸彈)zhà dànbomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
导弹 (導彈)dǎo dàn(guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi)

See also: Japanese symbol for “budge”.

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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