Chinese symbol for “martial”
武
wǔ
martial; military
The closest CC-CEDICT match for martial is 武 (wǔ), defined as: martial; military.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “martial”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 武.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 武器 | wǔ qì | weapon; arms |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
| 武力 | wǔ lì | military force |
| 武士 | wǔ shì | warrior; samurai |
| 核武器 | hé wǔ qì | nuclear weapon |
| 武术 (武術) | wǔ shù | military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) |
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.