Chinese symbol for “cramp”
抽筋
chōu jīn
cramp; charley horse; to pull a tendon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cramp is 抽筋 (chōu jīn), defined as: cramp; charley horse; to pull a tendon.
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
Other Chinese words for “cramp”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挛 (攣) | luán | (bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm |
| 扒钉 (扒釘) | bā dīng | cramp |
| 痛性痉挛 (痛性痙攣) | tòng xìng jìng luán | (muscle) cramp |
| 绞痛 (絞痛) | jiǎo tòng | sharp pain; cramp |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抽筋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抽烟 (抽煙) | chōu yān | variant of 抽烟 (chōu yān) |
| 抽象 | chōu xiàng | abstract; abstraction |
| 抽出 | chōu chū | to take out; to extract |
| 抽取 | chōu qǔ | to extract; to remove |
| 抽屉 (抽屜) | chōu ti | drawer |
| 钢筋 (鋼筋) | gāng jīn | steel reinforcing bar |
| 脑筋 (腦筋) | nǎo jīn | brains; mind |
| 筋疲力尽 (筋疲力盡) | jīn pí lì jìn | body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cramp”.
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.