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Chinese symbol for “commit”

调拨
diào bō
Traditional: 調撥
to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for commit is 调拨 (diào bō), defined as: to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods).

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

调 diào
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
拨 bō
to stir, to move, to distribute, to allocate
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “commit”

WordPinyinMeaning
说死 (說死)shuō sǐto say definitely; to commit (to a proposition)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 调拨.

WordPinyinMeaning
调查 (調查)diào cháinvestigation; inquiry
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress
调整 (調整)tiáo zhěngto adjust; to revise; to reorganize
协调 (協調)xié tiáoto coordinate; to harmonize
调节 (調節)tiáo jiéto adjust; to regulate
空调 (空調)kōng tiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
拨款 (撥款)bō kuǎnto allocate funds; appropriation
拨打 (撥打)bō dǎto call; to dial

See also: Japanese symbol for “commit”.

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.