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Chinese symbol for “dislocation”

脱臼
tuō jiù
Traditional: 脫臼
dislocation (of a joint)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dislocation is 脱臼 (tuō jiù), defined as: dislocation (of a joint).

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Characters and stroke order

脱 tuō
to take off, to shed; to escape from
radical 130 ⾁ · 11 strokes
臼 jiù
mortar; bone joint socket
radical 134 ⾅ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dislocation”

WordPinyinMeaning
移位yí wèito shift; shift

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脱臼.

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)
臼齿 (臼齒)jiù chǐmolar tooth
窠臼kē jiùstereotypical pattern; rut

See also: Japanese symbol for “dislocation”.

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.