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Chinese symbol for “tack”

大头钉
dà tóu dīng
Traditional: 大頭釘
tack; thumbtack; push pin

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tack is 大头钉 (dà tóu dīng), defined as: tack; thumbtack; push pin.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
钉 dīng
nail, spike
radical 167 ⾦ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tack”

WordPinyinMeaning
绷 (繃)bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin)
转帆 (轉帆)zhuǎn fānto tack (of sailing ship); to jibe

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大头钉.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
钉子 (釘子)dīng zinail; snag

See also: Japanese symbol for “tack”.

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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