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Chinese symbol for “squash”

压扁
yā biǎn
Traditional: 壓扁
to squash; to crush flat

The closest CC-CEDICT match for squash is 压扁 (yā biǎn), defined as: to squash; to crush flat.

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

压 yā
press; oppress; crush; pressure
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes
扁 biǎn
flat; board, sign, tablet
radical 63 ⼾ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “squash”

WordPinyinMeaning
壁球bì qiúsquash (sport)
瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
挤垮 (擠垮)jǐ kuǎto squash; to crush

Related words

Other words that share a character with 压扁.

WordPinyinMeaning
压力 (壓力)yā lìpressure
镇压 (鎮壓)zhèn yāsuppression; repression
压迫 (壓迫)yā pòto oppress; to repress
压缩 (壓縮)yā suōto compress; compression
压制 (壓制)yā zhìto suppress; to inhibit
高压 (高壓)gāo yā(physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure
扁平biǎn píngflat; planar
扁担 (扁擔)biǎn dancarrying pole; shoulder pole

See also: Japanese symbol for “squash”.

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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