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Chinese symbol for “protruding”

凸
tū
to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for protruding is 凸 (tū), defined as: to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2].

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

凸 tū
to protrude, to bulge out; convex
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “protruding”

WordPinyinMeaning
凸起tū qǐconvex; protruding
圆鼓鼓 (圓鼓鼓)yuán gǔ gǔround and bulging; rotund

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凸.

WordPinyinMeaning
凸显 (凸顯)tū xiǎnto stand out clearly; to make prominent
凸现 (凸現)tū xiànto come to prominence; to appear clearly
凸起tū qǐconvex; protruding
凸出tū chūto protrude; to stick out
凹凸āo tūconcave or convex; bumps and holes
凸轮 (凸輪)tū lúncam

See also: Japanese symbol for “protruding”.

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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