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Chinese symbol for “slab”

板块
bǎn kuài
Traditional: 板塊
slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc

The closest CC-CEDICT match for slab is 板块 (bǎn kuài), defined as: slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc.

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

板 bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
块 kuài
piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “slab”

WordPinyinMeaning
平板píng bǎnslab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level
木板mù bǎnslab; board
石板shí bǎnslab; flagstone
石片shí piànslab
板皮bǎn píslab

Related words

Other words that share a character with 板块.

WordPinyinMeaning
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
地板dì bǎnfloor
平板píng bǎnslab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level
甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a ship or boat)
一块 (一塊)yī kuàia piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 (qíng gǎn zhè y
模块 (模塊)mó kuàimodule (in software); functional unit
区块 (區塊)qū kuàiblock; segment; section; sector; area
石块 (石塊)shí kuàistone; rock

See also: Japanese symbol for “slab”.

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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