Chinese symbol for “brake”
刹车
shā chē
Traditional: 剎車
to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brake is 刹车 (shā chē), defined as: to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “brake”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 制动 (制動) | zhì dòng | to brake |
| 煞车 (煞車) | shā chē | to brake (when driving) |
| 刹 (剎) | shā | to brake |
| 制动器 (制動器) | zhì dòng qì | brake |
| 轫 (軔) | rèn | brake |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刹车.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一刹那 (一剎那) | yī chà nà | a moment; an instant |
| 刹那 (剎那) | chà nà | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye |
| 古刹 (古剎) | gǔ chà | old Buddhist temple |
| 什刹海 (什剎海) | shí chà hǎi | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes |
| 急刹车 (急剎車) | jí shā chē | emergency braking |
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
| 车辆 (車輛) | chē liàng | vehicle |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brake”.
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.