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Chinese symbol for “caravan”

商队
shāng duì
Traditional: 商隊
caravan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for caravan is 商队 (shāng duì), defined as: caravan.

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

商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes
队 duì
team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people
radical 170 ⾩ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “caravan”

WordPinyinMeaning
篷车 (篷車)péng chēcovered truck; caravan
活动房屋 (活動房屋)huó dòng fáng wūprefabricated building; prefab

Related words

Other words that share a character with 商队.

WordPinyinMeaning
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade
商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn)
商店shāng diànstore; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)
商人shāng rénmerchant; businessman
协商 (協商)xié shāngto consult with; to talk things over
商务 (商務)shāng wùcommercial affairs; commercial
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
部队 (部隊)bù duìarmy; armed forces

See also: Japanese symbol for “caravan”.

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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