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Chinese symbol for “twitch”

抽搐
chōu chù
to twitch

The closest CC-CEDICT match for twitch is 抽搐 (chōu chù), defined as: to twitch.

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

抽 chōu
to draw out, to pull out; to sprout
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
搐 chù
cramp, spasm; to convulse, to twitch
radical 64 ⼿ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “twitch”

WordPinyinMeaning
抽动 (抽動)chōu dòngto twitch; to jerk involuntarily
搐chùto twitch; to have a spasm
𥆧 (瞤)rúntwitch (muscle or eyelid)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抽搐.

WordPinyinMeaning
抽烟 (抽煙)chōu yānvariant of 抽烟 (chōu yān)
抽象chōu xiàngabstract; abstraction
抽出chōu chūto take out; to extract
抽取chōu qǔto extract; to remove
抽屉 (抽屜)chōu tidrawer

See also: Japanese symbol for “twitch”.

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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