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Chinese symbol for “card”

卡片
kǎ piàn
card

The closest CC-CEDICT match for card is 卡片 (kǎ piàn), defined as: card.

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

卡 kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
radical 25 ⼘ · 5 strokes
片 piàn
slice, splinter; page, strip
radical 91 ⽚ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “card”

WordPinyinMeaning
名片míng piàn(business) card
帖子tiě zicard; invitation
柬jiǎncard; note
卡kǎto stop; to block

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卡片.

WordPinyinMeaning
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
卡车 (卡車)kǎ chētruck; 辆 (liàng)
卡通kǎ tōngcartoon (loanword)
银行卡 (銀行卡)yín háng kǎbank card
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)
图片 (圖片)tú piànpicture; photograph; 张 (zhāng)
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie

See also: Japanese symbol for “card”.

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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