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Chinese symbol for “tuba”

大号
dà hào
Traditional: 大號
(music) tuba; (of clothes, print etc) large size; large format; (polite) your (given) name; (coll.) number two; poop; to defecate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tuba is 大号 (dà hào), defined as: (music) tuba; (of clothes, print etc) large size; large format; (polite) your (given) name; (coll.) number two; poop; to defecate.

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
号 hào
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tuba”

WordPinyinMeaning
低音大号 (低音大號)dī yīn dà hàotuba

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大号.

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
信号 (信號)xìn hàosignal
号码 (號碼)hào mǎnumber; measure word: 堆 (duī), 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “tuba”.

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.