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Chinese symbol for “attire”

穿着
chuān zhuó
Traditional: 穿著
attire; clothes; dress

The closest CC-CEDICT match for attire is 穿着 (chuān zhuó), defined as: attire; clothes; dress.

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

穿 chuān
to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
radical 116 ⽳ · 9 strokes
着 zhuó
to make a move, to take action
radical 109 ⽬ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “attire”

WordPinyinMeaning
装束 (裝束)zhuāng shùattire; clothing
衣冠yī guānhat and clothes; attire
衣带 (衣帶)yī dàibelt; sash; (literary) attire

Related words

Other words that share a character with 穿着.

WordPinyinMeaning
穿越chuān yuèto traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction)
穿过 (穿過)chuān guòto pass through
贯穿 (貫穿)guàn chuānto run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end
身穿shēn chuānto wear (a garment)
穿梭chuān suōto shuttle back and forth
随着 (隨著)suí zhealong with; in the wake of
有着 (有著)yǒu zheto have; to possess
接着 (接著)jiē zheto catch and hold on; to continue

See also: Japanese symbol for “attire”.

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.