Chinese symbol for “tango”

探戈

tàn gē

tango (dance) (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tango is 探戈 (tàn gē), defined as: tango (dance) (loanword).

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

探 tàn

to find, to locate; to grope for, to search for

radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

戈 gē

spear, lance, halberd

radical 62 ⼽ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 探戈.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
探索	tàn suǒ	to explore; to probe
探讨 (探討)	tàn tǎo	to investigate; to probe
侦探 (偵探)	zhēn tàn	detective; to do detective work
探测 (探測)	tàn cè	to probe; to survey
探险 (探險)	tàn xiǎn	to explore; to go on an expedition
探究	tàn jiū	to investigate; to delve
倒戈	dǎo gē	to change sides in a war; turncoat
干戈	gān gē	weapons of war; arms

See also: Japanese symbol for “tango”.

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.