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Chinese symbol for “racket”

球拍
qiú pāi
(tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat

The closest CC-CEDICT match for racket is 球拍 (qiú pāi), defined as: (tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat.

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

球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes
拍 pāi
to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “racket”

WordPinyinMeaning
拍pāito pat; to clap
骗局 (騙局)piàn júa swindle; a trap
拍子pāi zibeat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc)
鼎沸dǐng fèia confused noise; a racket

Related words

Other words that share a character with 球拍.

WordPinyinMeaning
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
地球dì qiúthe earth
球队 (球隊)qiú duìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
球员 (球員)qiú yuán(ball sports) player; team member
篮球 (籃球)lán qiúbasketball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī)
拍摄 (拍攝)pāi shèto take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
拍照pāi zhàoto take a picture

See also: Japanese symbol for “racket”.

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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