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Chinese symbol for “strikeout”

三振
sān zhèn
to strike out; strikeout (baseball, softball); (Tw) to ditch; to eliminate from consideration

The closest CC-CEDICT match for strikeout is 三振 (sān zhèn), defined as: to strike out; strikeout (baseball, softball); (Tw) to ditch; to eliminate from consideration.

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

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
振 zhèn
to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 三振.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
振兴 (振興)zhèn xīngto revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
振动 (振動)zhèn dòngto vibrate; to shake

See also: Japanese symbol for “strikeout”.

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.