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Chinese symbol for “eject”

弹出
tán chū
Traditional: 彈出
to eject; to exit from; to pop up

The closest CC-CEDICT match for eject is 弹出 (tán chū), defined as: to eject; to exit from; to pop up.

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

弹 tán
bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
radical 57 ⼸ · 11 strokes
出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “eject”

WordPinyinMeaning
弹射 (彈射)tán shèto catapult; to launch
退片tuì piànto eject (media player)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 弹出.

WordPinyinMeaning
炸弹 (炸彈)zhà dànbomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
导弹 (導彈)dǎo dàn(guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi)
子弹 (子彈)zǐ dànbullet; measure word: 粒 (lì), 颗 (kē), 发 (fā)
弹性 (彈性)tán xìngflexibility; elasticity
弹药 (彈藥)dàn yàoammunition
反弹 (反彈)fǎn tánto bounce; to bounce back
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear

See also: Japanese symbol for “eject”.

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.