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Chinese symbol for “bike”

自行车
zì xíng chē
Traditional: 自行車
bicycle; bike; 辆 (liàng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bike is 自行车 (zì xíng chē), defined as: bicycle; bike; 辆 (liàng).

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

自 zì
self; private, personal; from
radical 132 ⾃ · 6 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bike”

WordPinyinMeaning
单车 (單車)dān chē(coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle)
脚踏车 (腳踏車)jiǎo tà chē(Tw) bicycle; bike; 辆 (liàng)
铁马 (鐵馬)tiě mǎarmored horse; cavalry

Related words

Other words that share a character with 自行车.

WordPinyinMeaning
自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自 (來自)lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
自然zì ránnature; natural
自动 (自動)zì dòngautomatic; voluntarily
自身zì shēnitself; oneself
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile

See also: Japanese symbol for “bike”.

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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