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.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 手段.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 对手 (對手) | duì shǒu | opponent; rival |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer |
| 阶段 (階段) | jiē duàn | stage; section |
| 片段 | piàn duàn | fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc) |
| 时段 (時段) | shí duàn | time 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.