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Chinese symbol for “parry”

格挡
gé dǎng
Traditional: 格擋
to parry; to fend off; to block (a blow)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for parry is 格挡 (gé dǎng), defined as: to parry; to fend off; to block (a blow).

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

格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes
挡 dǎng
to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 格挡.

WordPinyinMeaning
价格 (價格)jià géprice
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle
严格 (嚴格)yán géstrict; stringent; tight; rigorous
性格xìng génature; disposition
合格hé géto meet the standard required; qualified
阻挡 (阻擋)zǔ dǎngto stop; to resist
挡住 (擋住)dǎng zhùto obstruct; to block

See also: Japanese symbol for “parry”.

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.