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Chinese symbol for “disconnect”

脱钩
tuō gōu
Traditional: 脫鉤
to cut ties; to disconnect; out of touch

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disconnect is 脱钩 (tuō gōu), defined as: to cut ties; to disconnect; out of touch.

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

脱 tuō
to take off, to shed; to escape from
radical 130 ⾁ · 11 strokes
钩 gōu
hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link
radical 167 ⾦ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “disconnect”

WordPinyinMeaning
掐断 (掐斷)qiā duànto nip off (with fingernails etc); (fig.) to cut off (supply etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脱钩.

WordPinyinMeaning
脱离 (脫離)tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from
摆脱 (擺脫)bǎi tuōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc)
逃脱 (逃脫)táo tuōto run away; to escape
解脱 (解脫)jiě tuōto untie; to free
脱贫 (脫貧)tuō pínto lift oneself out of poverty
脱身 (脫身)tuō shēnto get away; to escape (from obligations)
挂钩 (掛鉤)guà gōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {en
上钩 (上鉤)shàng gōuto take the bait

See also: Japanese symbol for “disconnect”.

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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