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Chinese symbol for “counterbalance”

相抵
xiāng dǐ
to balance up; to offset; to counterbalance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for counterbalance is 相抵 (xiāng dǐ), defined as: to balance up; to offset; to counterbalance.

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

相 xiāng
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
抵 dǐ
to resist; to arrive; mortgage
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 相抵.

WordPinyinMeaning
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相当 (相當)xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate
相同xiāng tóngidentical; same
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually
抵达 (抵達)dǐ dáto arrive; to reach (a destination)
抵制dǐ zhìto resist; to boycott

See also: Japanese symbol for “counterbalance”.

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.