Chinese symbol for “unplug”

拔掉

bá diào

to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unplug is 拔掉 (bá diào), defined as: to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug.

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

拔 bá

to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote

radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

掉 diào

to drop, to fall, to remove

radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拔掉.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
海拔	hǎi bá	height above sea level; elevation
选拔 (選拔)	xuǎn bá	to select the best
提拔	tí bá	to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
拔牙	bá yá	to extract a tooth
挺拔	tǐng bá	tall and straight
卖掉 (賣掉)	mài diào	to sell off
丢掉 (丟掉)	diū diào	to lose; to throw away
干掉 (幹掉)	gàn diào	to get rid of

See also: Japanese symbol for “unplug”.

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.