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Chinese symbol for “push”

推动
tuī dòng
Traditional: 推動
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to

The closest CC-CEDICT match for push is 推动 (tuī dòng), defined as: to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to.

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

推 tuī
to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “push”

WordPinyinMeaning
推tuīto push; to cut
按ànto press; to push
按压 (按壓)àn yāto press; to push (a button)
捘zùnpush
硬逼yìng bīto pressure; to press

Related words

Other words that share a character with 推动.

WordPinyinMeaning
推出tuī chūto push out; to release
推荐 (推薦)tuī jiànto recommend
推进 (推進)tuī jìnto impel; to carry forward
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
推翻tuī fānto overthrow
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action

See also: Japanese symbol for “push”.

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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