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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.

WordPinyinMeaning
海拔hǎi báheight above sea level; elevation
选拔 (選拔)xuǎn báto select the best
提拔tí báto promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
拔牙bá yáto extract a tooth
挺拔tǐng bátall and straight
卖掉 (賣掉)mài diàoto sell off
丢掉 (丟掉)diū diàoto lose; to throw away
干掉 (幹掉)gàn diàoto 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.

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