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Chinese symbol for “showdown”

对决
duì jué
Traditional: 對決
confrontation; contest; showdown

The closest CC-CEDICT match for showdown is 对决 (duì jué), defined as: confrontation; contest; showdown.

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

对 duì
correct, right; facing, opposed
radical 41 ⼨ · 5 strokes
决 jué
to decide, to determine, to judge
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 对决.

WordPinyinMeaning
对于 (對於)duì yúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
反对 (反對)fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
绝对 (絕對)jué duìabsolute; unconditional
针对 (針對)zhēn duìto target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
面对 (面對)miàn duìto face; to confront
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “showdown”.

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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