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Chinese symbol for “cricket”

板球
bǎn qiú
cricket (ball game)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cricket is 板球 (bǎn qiú), defined as: cricket (ball game).

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

板 bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cricket”

WordPinyinMeaning
蟋蟀xī shuàicricket (insect)
促织 (促織)cù zhīcricket (insect)
木球mù qiúcricket (ball game); also called 板球 (bǎn qiú)
蛩qiónganxious; grasshopper
蛌gǔcricket

Related words

Other words that share a character with 板球.

WordPinyinMeaning
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
地板dì bǎnfloor
板块 (板塊)bǎn kuàislab; (geology) tectonic plate
平板píng bǎnslab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level
甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a ship or boat)
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
地球dì qiúthe earth

See also: Japanese symbol for “cricket”.

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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