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Chinese symbol for “handful”

一小撮
yī xiǎo cuō
handful (of)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for handful is 一小撮 (yī xiǎo cuō), defined as: handful (of).

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

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
撮 cuō
dash, pinch, small amount
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “handful”

WordPinyinMeaning
满手 (滿手)mǎn shǒuhandful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一小撮.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
撮合cuō heto play matchmaker; to act as a middleman

See also: Japanese symbol for “handful”.

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.