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Chinese symbol for “straddle”

跨
kuà
to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span

The closest CC-CEDICT match for straddle is 跨 (kuà), defined as: to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span.

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

跨 kuà
to straddle, to ride; to span, to stretch across
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 跨.

WordPinyinMeaning
跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
跨国 (跨國)kuà guótransnational; multinational
横跨 (橫跨)héng kuàto span; to stretch across
跨境kuà jìngcross-border
跨国公司 (跨國公司)kuà guó gōng sītransnational corporation; multinational corporation
跨度kuà dùspan; horizontal distance between vertical supports

See also: Japanese symbol for “straddle”.

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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