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Chinese symbol for “strapping”

五大三粗
wǔ dà sān cū
burly; strapping; big and strong

The closest CC-CEDICT match for strapping is 五大三粗 (wǔ dà sān cū), defined as: burly; strapping; big and strong.

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

五 wǔ
five; surname
radical 7 ⼆ · 4 strokes
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
粗 cū
rough, think; coarse, rude
radical 119 ⽶ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 五大三粗.

WordPinyinMeaning
十五shí wǔfifteen; 15
第五dì wǔfifth
五十wǔ shífifty
五行wǔ xíngfive phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
五四wǔ sìfourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
五星wǔ xīngthe five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
粗暴cū bàocrude; crass; rude; rough; harsh

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.