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Chinese symbol for “gestures”

举手投足
jǔ shǒu tóu zú
Traditional: 舉手投足
one's every movement (idiom); comportment; gestures

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gestures is 举手投足 (jǔ shǒu tóu zú), defined as: one's every movement (idiom); comportment; gestures.

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

举 jǔ
to raise; to recommend; to praise
radical 3 ⼂ · 9 strokes
手 shǒu
hand
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes
投 tóu
to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
足 zú
foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
radical 157 ⾜ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 举手投足.

WordPinyinMeaning
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
选举 (選舉)xuǎn jǔto elect; election
举办 (舉辦)jǔ bànto conduct; to hold (an event)
举报 (舉報)jǔ bàoto report (malefactors to the police); to denounce
举动 (舉動)jǔ dòngact; action
举措 (舉措)jǔ cuòmove; act; measure
手机 (手機)shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)
手段shǒu duànmethod; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability
投资 (投資)tóu zīinvestment; to invest
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football

See also: Japanese symbol for “gestures”.

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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