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Chinese symbol for “mallet”

槌
chuí
mallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mallet is 槌 (chuí), defined as: mallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming).

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

槌 chuí
hammer, mallet; to beat, to strike
radical 75 ⽊ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “mallet”

WordPinyinMeaning
小槌xiǎo chuímallet; drumstick
手锤 (手錘)shǒu chuímallet; drumstick
琴锤 (琴錘)qín chuímallet; drumstick

Related words

Other words that share a character with 槌.

WordPinyinMeaning
棒槌bàng chuíwooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)
落槌luò chuí(of an auctioneer) to bring down the gavel; to conclude an auction sale
法槌fǎ chuígavel
一槌定音yī chuí dìng yīnvariant of 一锤定音 (yī chuí dìng yīn)
凸槌tū chuí(slang) (Tw) to mess up; to screw up
小槌xiǎo chuímallet; drumstick

See also: Japanese symbol for “mallet”.

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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