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Chinese symbol for “crack”

枪声
qiāng shēng
Traditional: 槍聲
crack; shooting sound; gunshot

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crack is 枪声 (qiāng shēng), defined as: crack; shooting sound; gunshot.

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

枪 qiāng
gun, rife; lance, spear
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
声 shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
radical 33 ⼠ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “crack”

WordPinyinMeaning
裂缝 (裂縫)liè fèngcrack; crevice
空隙kòng xìcrack; gap between two objects
裂痕liè héncrack; gap
隙xìcrack; crevice
精干 (精幹)jīng gàncrack (troops); special (forces)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 枪声.

WordPinyinMeaning
开枪 (開槍)kāi qiāngto open fire; to shoot a gun
手枪 (手槍)shǒu qiāngpistol; measure word: 把 (bǎ)
步枪 (步槍)bù qiāngrifle; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 枝 (zhī)
枪击 (槍擊)qiāng jīto shoot with a gun; shooting incident
机枪 (機槍)jī qiāngmachine gun
枪杀 (槍殺)qiāng shāto shoot dead
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
声明 (聲明)shēng míngto state; to declare

See also: Japanese symbol for “crack”.

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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