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Chinese symbol for “skirmish”

小冲突
xiǎo chōng tū
Traditional: 小衝突
skirmish; clash; dispute; brush

The closest CC-CEDICT match for skirmish is 小冲突 (xiǎo chōng tū), defined as: skirmish; clash; dispute; brush.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
冲 chōng
wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
突 tū
sudden, abrupt, unexpected
radical 116 ⽳ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “skirmish”

WordPinyinMeaning
前哨战 (前哨戰)qián shào zhànskirmish
遭遇战 (遭遇戰)zāo yù zhàn(military) encounter; skirmish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小冲突.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
冲突 (衝突)chōng tūconflict; to conflict
冲击 (沖擊)chōng jīvariant of 冲击 (chōng jī)
突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected

See also: Japanese symbol for “skirmish”.

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.