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Chinese symbol for “disarmament”

裁军
cái jūn
Traditional: 裁軍
disarmament

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disarmament is 裁军 (cái jūn), defined as: disarmament.

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

裁 cái
to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes
军 jūn
army, military; soldiers, troops
radical 14 ⼍ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “disarmament”

WordPinyinMeaning
裁兵cái bīngto reduce troop numbers; disarmament
减核 (減核)jiǎn hénuclear weapons reduction (abbr. for 裁减核武器 (cái jiǎn hé wǔ qì)); disarmament

Related words

Other words that share a character with 裁军.

WordPinyinMeaning
总裁 (總裁)zǒng cáichairman; director-general (of a company etc)
制裁zhì cáito punish; punishment
独裁 (獨裁)dú cáidictatorship
裁决 (裁決)cái juéruling; adjudication
裁判cái pàn(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee
裁定cái dìngruling
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military

See also: Japanese symbol for “disarmament”.

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.