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Chinese symbol for “crippled”

瘸腿
qué tuǐ
crippled; lame; a cripple; a lame person

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crippled is 瘸腿 (qué tuǐ), defined as: crippled; lame; a cripple; a lame person.

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

瘸 qué
lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs
radical 104 ⽧ · 16 strokes
腿 tuǐ
legs, thighs
radical 130 ⾁ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “crippled”

WordPinyinMeaning
废 (廢)fèito abolish; to abandon
伤残 (傷殘)shāng cándisabled; maimed
跛bǒto limp; lame

Related words

Other words that share a character with 瘸腿.

WordPinyinMeaning
瘸子qué zilame person (colloquial)
一瘸一拐yī qué yī guǎito limp; to hobble
大腿dà tuǐthigh
双腿 (雙腿)shuāng tuǐlegs; both legs
火腿huǒ tuǐham; 个 (gè)
小腿xiǎo tuǐlower leg (from knee to ankle); shank
腿部tuǐ bùleg
跑腿pǎo tuǐto run errands

See also: Japanese symbol for “crippled”.

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.