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Chinese symbol for “calculation”

打算
dǎ suàn
to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for calculation is 打算 (dǎ suàn), defined as: to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
算 suàn
to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
radical 118 ⽵ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “calculation”

WordPinyinMeaning
计数法 (計數法)jì shù fǎcalculation; reckoning

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打算.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
计算 (計算)jì suànto calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over
预算 (預算)yù suànbudget
就算jiù suàn(coll.) even if

See also: Japanese symbol for “calculation”.

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.