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Chinese symbol for “checker”

打格子
dǎ gé zi
to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland); to checker

The closest CC-CEDICT match for checker is 打格子 (dǎ gé zi), defined as: to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland); to checker.

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
格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “checker”

WordPinyinMeaning
测试器 (測試器)cè shì qìtesting apparatus; monitoring device

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打格子.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
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
价格 (價格)jià géprice
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority
孩子hái zichild

See also: Japanese symbol for “checker”.

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.