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Chinese symbol for “briefs”

三角裤
sān jiǎo kù
Traditional: 三角褲
briefs; panties

The closest CC-CEDICT match for briefs is 三角裤 (sān jiǎo kù), defined as: briefs; panties.

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

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes
裤 kù
pants, trousers
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “briefs”

WordPinyinMeaning
内裤 (內褲)nèi kùunderpants; panties
三角裤衩 (三角褲衩)sān jiǎo kù chǎbriefs; panties

Related words

Other words that share a character with 三角裤.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
裤子 (褲子)kù zitrousers; pants; 条 (tiáo)

See also: Japanese symbol for “briefs”.

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.