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Chinese symbol for “stent”

支架
zhī jià
trestle; support; stand; frame; (medicine) stent; to prop up; to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stent is 支架 (zhī jià), defined as: trestle; support; stand; frame; (medicine) stent; to prop up; to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc).

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

支 zhī
to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
radical 65 ⽀ · 4 strokes
架 jià
frame, rack, stand; to prop up
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 支架.

WordPinyinMeaning
支持zhī chíto be in favor of; to support
支付zhī fùto pay (money)
支援zhī yuánto provide assistance; to support
支撑 (支撐)zhī chēngto prop up; to support
支出zhī chūto spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
支持者zhī chí zhěsupporter
绑架 (綁架)bǎng jiàto kidnap; to abduct
框架kuàng jià(construction) frame; (fig.) framework

See also: Japanese symbol for “stent”.

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.