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Chinese symbol for “handcuffs”

银手镯
yín shǒu zhuó
Traditional: 銀手鐲
(fig.) handcuffs

The closest CC-CEDICT match for handcuffs is 银手镯 (yín shǒu zhuó), defined as: (fig.) handcuffs.

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

银 yín
silver; cash, money, wealth
radical 167 ⾦ · 11 strokes
手 shǒu
hand
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes
镯 zhuó
bracelet, armband; small bell
radical 167 ⾦ · 18 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “handcuffs”

WordPinyinMeaning
杻chǒuhandcuffs
杻niǔhandcuffs; red apricot
手铐 (手銬)shǒu kàomanacles; handcuffs

Related words

Other words that share a character with 银手镯.

WordPinyinMeaning
银行 (銀行)yín hángbank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
白银 (白銀)bái yínsilver
银行卡 (銀行卡)yín háng kǎbank card
银行业 (銀行業)yín háng yèbanking
商业银行 (商業銀行)shāng yè yín hángcommercial bank
银色 (銀色)yín sèsilver (color)
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
手镯 (手鐲)shǒu zhuóbracelet

See also: Japanese symbol for “handcuffs”.

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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