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Chinese symbol for “wager”

打赌
dǎ dǔ
Traditional: 打賭
to bet; to make a bet; a wager

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wager is 打赌 (dǎ dǔ), defined as: to bet; to make a bet; a wager.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
赌 dǔ
to bet, to gamble, to wager
radical 154 ⾙ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wager”

WordPinyinMeaning
押注yā zhùto bet; to wager
赌约 (賭約)dǔ yuēbet; wager

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打赌.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
赌场 (賭場)dǔ chǎngcasino
赌博 (賭博)dǔ bóto gamble

See also: Japanese symbol for “wager”.

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.