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Chinese symbol for “wile”

手段
shǒu duàn
method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wile is 手段 (shǒu duàn), defined as: method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile.

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

手 shǒu
hand
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes
段 duàn
section, piece, division
radical 79 ⽎ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 手段.

WordPinyinMeaning
手机 (手機)shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)
选手 (選手)xuǎn shǒuathlete; contestant
手术 (手術)shǒu shù(surgical) operation; surgery
对手 (對手)duì shǒuopponent; rival
歌手gē shǒusinger
阶段 (階段)jiē duànstage; section
片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)
时段 (時段)shí duàntime interval; work shift

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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