Chinese symbol for “skewer”
刺穿
cì chuān
to skewer; to impale; to pierce through
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skewer is 刺穿 (cì chuān), defined as: to skewer; to impale; to pierce through.
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 “skewer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 串 | chuàn | to string together; to skewer |
| 扦 | qiān | short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer |
| 丳 | chǎn | skewer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刺穿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺激 | cì jī | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant |
| 讽刺 (諷刺) | fěng cì | to satirize; to mock |
| 刺杀 (刺殺) | cì shā | to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet |
| 刺客 | cì kè | assassin |
| 遇刺 | yù cì | to be attacked by an assassin |
| 刺史 | cì shǐ | provincial governor (old) |
| 穿着 (穿著) | chuān zhuó | attire; clothes; dress |
| 穿越 | chuān yuè | to traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “skewer”.
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.