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Chinese symbol for “sledgehammer”

大锤
dà chuí
Traditional: 大錘
sledgehammer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sledgehammer is 大锤 (dà chuí), defined as: sledgehammer.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
锤 chuí
hammer
radical 167 ⾦ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sledgehammer”

WordPinyinMeaning
榔头 (榔頭)láng touhammer; large hammer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大锤.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
锤子 (錘子)chuí zihammer; measure word: 把 (bǎ)
锤炼 (錘煉)chuí liànto forge (metal); (fig.) to toughen sb up; to hone (one's skills)

See also: Japanese symbol for “sledgehammer”.

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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