Chinese symbol for “canoe”
独木舟
dú mù zhōu
Traditional: 獨木舟
dugout; canoe; kayak
The closest CC-CEDICT match for canoe is 独木舟 (dú mù zhōu), defined as: dugout; canoe; kayak.
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 独木舟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 独立 (獨立) | dú lì | independent; independence |
| 独特 (獨特) | dú tè | unique; distinctive |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 独自 (獨自) | dú zì | alone |
| 孤独 (孤獨) | gū dú | lonely; solitary |
| 独裁 (獨裁) | dú cái | dictatorship |
| 木材 | mù cái | wood |
| 树木 (樹木) | shù mù | tree |
| 方舟 | fāng zhōu | ark |
See also: Japanese symbol for “canoe”.
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.