Chinese symbol for “sally”

出击

chū jī

Traditional: 出擊

to sally; to attack

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sally is 出击 (chū jī), defined as: to sally; to attack.

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

出 chū

to go out, to send out; stand; produce

radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

击 jī

to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight

radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

擊 jī

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出击.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
出现 (出現)	chū xiàn	to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)	chū lái	to come out; to appear
提出	tí chū	to raise (an issue); to propose
指出	zhǐ chū	to indicate; to point out
出版	chū bǎn	to publish
攻击 (攻擊)	gōng jī	to attack; to accuse
打击 (打擊)	dǎ jī	to hit; to strike
袭击 (襲擊)	xí jī	attack (esp. surprise attack); raid

See also: Japanese symbol for “sally”.

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.