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Chinese symbol for “percussion”

打击
dǎ jī
Traditional: 打擊
to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth

The closest CC-CEDICT match for percussion is 打击 (dǎ jī), defined as: to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
击 jī
to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打击.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
攻击 (攻擊)gōng jīto attack; to accuse
袭击 (襲擊)xí jīattack (esp. surprise attack); raid
冲击 (沖擊)chōng jīvariant of 冲击 (chōng jī)

See also: Japanese symbol for “percussion”.

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.