Chinese symbol for “hammer”
锤
chuí
Traditional: 錘
hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance); to strike with a hammer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hammer is 锤 (chuí), defined as: hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance); to strike with a hammer.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hammer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锤子 (錘子) | chuí zi | hammer; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 椎 | chuí | hammer; mallet (variant of 槌 (chuí)); variant of 捶 (chuí) |
| 榔头 (榔頭) | láng tou | hammer; large hammer |
| 链球 (鏈球) | liàn qiú | (athletics) hammer; hammer throw |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锤子 (錘子) | chuí zi | hammer; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 锤炼 (錘煉) | chuí liàn | to forge (metal); (fig.) to toughen sb up; to hone (one's skills) |
| 一锤定音 (一錘定音) | yī chuí dìng yīn | lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; fig. to make the final decision |
| 大锤 (大錘) | dà chuí | sledgehammer |
| 纺锤 (紡錘) | fǎng chuí | spindle |
| 千锤百炼 (千錘百鍊) | qiān chuí bǎi liàn | after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hammer”.
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.