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Chinese symbol for “shaver”

剃须刀
tì xū dāo
Traditional: 剃鬚刀
shaver; razor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shaver is 剃须刀 (tì xū dāo), defined as: shaver; razor.

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

剃 tì
to shave
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes
须 xū
beard; must; necessary
radical 181 ⾴ · 9 strokes
刀 dāo
knife; old coin; measure
radical 18 ⼑ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 剃须刀.

WordPinyinMeaning
剃头 (剃頭)tì tóuto have one's head shaved
剃刀tì dāorazor
剃光头 (剃光頭)tì guāng tóuto shave the whole head clean; crushing defeat
剃度tì dùto take the tonsure; to shave the head
剃须 (剃鬚)tì xūto shave (facial hair)
必须 (必須)bì xūmust; to have to
无须 (無須)wú xūneed not; not obliged to
须要 (須要)xū yàomust; have to
刀子dāo ziknife; measure word: 把 (bǎ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “shaver”.

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.