Chinese symbol for “tentacle”
触手
chù shǒu
Traditional: 觸手
tentacle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tentacle is 触手 (chù shǒu), defined as: tentacle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tentacle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 触手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接触 (接觸) | jiē chù | to touch; to contact |
| 触及 (觸及) | chù jí | to touch (physically, one's feelings etc); to touch on (a topic) |
| 触动 (觸動) | chù dòng | to touch; to stir up (trouble or emotions) |
| 触发 (觸發) | chù fā | to trigger; to spark |
| 抵触 (抵觸) | dǐ chù | to conflict; to contradict |
| 触犯 (觸犯) | chù fàn | to violate; to offend |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tentacle”.
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.