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Chinese symbol for “stocky”

短粗
duǎn cū
stocky (short and robust)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stocky is 短粗 (duǎn cū), defined as: stocky (short and robust).

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

短 duǎn
brief, short; deficient, lacking
radical 111 ⽮ · 12 strokes
粗 cū
rough, think; coarse, rude
radical 119 ⽶ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 短粗.

WordPinyinMeaning
短期duǎn qīshort-term
短片duǎn piànshort film; video clip
短暂 (短暫)duǎn zànof short duration; brief; momentary
缩短 (縮短)suō duǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail
短缺duǎn quēshortage
短信duǎn xìntext message; SMS
粗暴cū bàocrude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
粗鲁 (粗魯)cū lǔcoarse; crude (in one's manner)

See also: Japanese symbol for “stocky”.

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.