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Chinese symbol for “handstand”

倒立
dào lì
a handstand; to turn upside down; to stand on one's head; upside down

The closest CC-CEDICT match for handstand is 倒立 (dào lì), defined as: a handstand; to turn upside down; to stand on one's head; upside down.

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

倒 dào
to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
立 lì
to stand; to establish, to set up
radical 117 ⽴ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “handstand”

WordPinyinMeaning
手倒立shǒu dào lìhandstand

Related words

Other words that share a character with 倒立.

WordPinyinMeaning
打倒dǎ dǎoto overthrow; to knock down
倒闭 (倒閉)dǎo bìto go bankrupt; to close down
倒霉dǎo méito have bad luck; to be out of luck
倒退dào tuìto fall back; to go in reverse
倒数 (倒數)dào shǔto count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down
建立jiàn lìto establish; to set up
成立chéng lìto establish; to set up
独立 (獨立)dú lìindependent; independence

See also: Japanese symbol for “handstand”.

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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