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Chinese symbol for “projectile”

抛体
pāo tǐ
Traditional: 拋體
projectile

The closest CC-CEDICT match for projectile is 抛体 (pāo tǐ), defined as: projectile.

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

抛 pāo
to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “projectile”

WordPinyinMeaning
抛射体 (拋射體)pāo shè tǐprojectile
抛射物 (拋射物)pāo shè wùprojectile

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抛体.

WordPinyinMeaning
抛弃 (拋棄)pāo qìto abandon; to discard
抛开 (拋開)pāo kāito throw out; to get rid of
抛出 (拋出)pāo chūto toss; to throw out
抛售 (拋售)pāo shòuto dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
抛锚 (拋錨)pāo máoto drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
抛光 (拋光)pāo guāngto polish; to burnish
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health

See also: Japanese symbol for “projectile”.

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.