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Chinese symbol for “korean”

棒子
bàng zi
stick; club; cudgel; maize (corn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for korean is 棒子 (bàng zi), defined as: stick; club; cudgel; maize (corn); ear of maize; corncob.

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

棒 bàng
stick, club; strong, smart; to hit
radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “korean”

WordPinyinMeaning
思密达 (思密達)sī mì dá(slang) (used at the end of a sentence to mimic Korean speech) (loanword from Korean verb ending "seumnida"); (jocular) a Korean

Related words

Other words that share a character with 棒子.

WordPinyinMeaning
棒球bàng qiúbaseball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī)
真棒zhēn bàngsuper!; really great
肉棒ròu bàngmeat stick; penis
棍棒gùn bàngclub; staff; stick
好棒hǎo bàngexcellent (interjection)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “korean”.

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.