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Chinese symbol for “dagger”

匕首
bǐ shǒu
dagger

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dagger is 匕首 (bǐ shǒu), defined as: dagger.

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

匕 bǐ
spoon, ladle; knife, dirk
radical 21 ⼔ · 2 strokes
首 shǒu
chief, head, leader
radical 185 ⾸ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “dagger”

WordPinyinMeaning
尖刀jiān dāodagger
短剑 (短劍)duǎn jiàndagger
匕bǐdagger; ladle
剑标 (劍標)jiàn biāo(typography) dagger (†)
镡 (鐔)xínguard (on a sword handle); pommel (on a sword handle)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 匕首.

WordPinyinMeaning
图穷匕见 (圖窮匕見)tú qióng bǐ xiàn(lit.) the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassina
首先shǒu xiānfirst of all; in the first place
首次shǒu cìfirst; first time
首都shǒu dūcapital (city); 个 (gè)
首页 (首頁)shǒu yèhome page (of a website); title page
首相shǒu xiàngprime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
首席shǒu xíseat of honor; chief (representative, correspondent etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “dagger”.

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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