Chinese symbol for “shank”
小腿
xiǎo tuǐ
lower leg (from knee to ankle); shank
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shank is 小腿 (xiǎo tuǐ), defined as: lower leg (from knee to ankle); shank.
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
Other Chinese words for “shank”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骹 | qiāo | shank (the leg from knee to ankle); leg (from hip to ankle) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 小腿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 小学 (小學) | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 小组 (小組) | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 大腿 | dà tuǐ | thigh |
| 双腿 (雙腿) | shuāng tuǐ | legs; both legs |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shank”.
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.