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Chinese symbol for “blanket”

被子
bèi zi
blanket; quilt; 条 (tiáo),床 (chuáng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blanket is 被子 (bèi zi), defined as: blanket; quilt; 条 (tiáo),床 (chuáng).

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

被 bèi
bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"
radical 145 ⾐ · 11 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “blanket”

WordPinyinMeaning
毛毯máo tǎnblanket
毯tǎnblanket; rug
毯子tǎn ziblanket; 条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng),床 (chuáng),面 (miàn)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 被子.

WordPinyinMeaning
被捕bèi bǔto be arrested; under arrest
被迫bèi pòto be compelled; to be forced
被告bèi gào(law) the defendant; the accused
被动 (被動)bèi dòngpassive
被害人bèi hài rénvictim
被控bèi kòngto be charged; to be accused (of an offense)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison

See also: Japanese symbol for “blanket”.

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.