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Chinese symbol for “dismantle”

拆开
chāi kāi
Traditional: 拆開
to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dismantle is 拆开 (chāi kāi), defined as: to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick.

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

拆 chāi
to break open, to split up, to tear apart
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
开 kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
radical 55 ⼶ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dismantle”

WordPinyinMeaning
拆卸chāi xièto dismantle; to take apart
拆除chāi chúto tear down; to demolish
撤除chè chúto remove; to dismantle
拆下chāi xiàto dismantle; to take apart
打掉dǎ diàoto tear down; to destroy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拆开.

WordPinyinMeaning
拆除chāi chúto tear down; to demolish
拆迁 (拆遷)chāi qiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
拆解chāi jiěto disassemble
拆毁 (拆毀)chāi huǐto demolish; to tear down
拆卸chāi xièto dismantle; to take apart
开始 (開始)kāi shǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave

See also: Japanese symbol for “dismantle”.

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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