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Chinese symbol for “dispel”

打消
dǎ xiāo
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispel is 打消 (dǎ xiāo), defined as: to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
消 xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “dispel”

WordPinyinMeaning
冰释 (冰釋)bīng shìto dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc); to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion)
祛除qū chúto dispel; to clear
消释 (消釋)xiāo shìto dispel (doubts); to clear up (misunderstanding)
散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc)
化解huà jiěto dissolve; to resolve (contradictions)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打消.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind

See also: Japanese symbol for “dispel”.

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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