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Chinese symbol for “intubation”

插管
chā guǎn
(medicine) to intubate; intubation; (endotracheal) tube

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intubation is 插管 (chā guǎn), defined as: (medicine) to intubate; intubation; (endotracheal) tube.

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

插 chā
to insert, to stick in; to pierce; to plant
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes
管 guǎn
tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
radical 118 ⽵ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 插管.

WordPinyinMeaning
插入chā rùto insert; to stick in; to plug in
插图 (插圖)chā túillustration
插手chā shǒuto get involved in; to meddle
插件chā jiànplug-in (software or hardware); to plug in a component
插曲chā qǔmusic played during a movie, play etc; incidental music
插画 (插畫)chā huàillustration
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
尽管 (儘管)jǐn guǎndespite; although

See also: Japanese symbol for “intubation”.

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.