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Chinese symbol for “dynamite”

炸药
zhà yào
Traditional: 炸藥
explosive; blasting agent; dynamite

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dynamite is 炸药 (zhà yào), defined as: explosive; blasting agent; dynamite.

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

炸 zhà
to explode; to fry in oil; to scald
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes
药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dynamite”

WordPinyinMeaning
爆破bào pòto blow up; to demolish (using explosives)
代拿买特 (代拿買特)dài ná mǎi tè(loanword) dynamite

Related words

Other words that share a character with 炸药.

WordPinyinMeaning
爆炸bào zhàexplosion; to explode
炸弹 (炸彈)zhà dànbomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
轰炸 (轟炸)hōng zhàto bomb; to bombard; measure word: 波 (bō), 轮 (lún)
轰炸机 (轟炸機)hōng zhà jībomber (aircraft)
炸毁 (炸燬)zhà huǐto blow up; to destroy with explosives
药物 (藥物)yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals
药品 (藥品)yào pǐnmedicaments; medicine
医药 (醫藥)yī yàomedical care and medicines; medicine (drug)

See also: Japanese symbol for “dynamite”.

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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