Chinese symbol for “mace”
铜锤
tóng chuí
Traditional: 銅錘
mace (weapon); (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 铜锤花脸 (tóng chuí huā liǎn))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mace is 铜锤 (tóng chuí), defined as: mace (weapon); (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 铜锤花脸 (tóng chuí huā liǎn)).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mace”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铜锤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铜牌 (銅牌) | tóng pái | bronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc |
| 青铜 (青銅) | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī)) |
| 铜像 (銅像) | tóng xiàng | bronze statue; measure word: 尊 (zūn), 座 (zuò) |
| 青铜器 (青銅器) | qīng tóng qì | bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC |
| 铜矿 (銅礦) | tóng kuàng | copper mine; copper ore |
| 铜钱 (銅錢) | tóng qián | copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) |
| 锤子 (錘子) | chuí zi | hammer; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 锤炼 (錘煉) | chuí liàn | to forge (metal); (fig.) to toughen sb up; to hone (one's skills) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mace”.
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.