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Chinese symbol for “chariot”

马车
mǎ chē
Traditional: 馬車
cart; chariot; carriage; buggy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chariot is 马车 (mǎ chē), defined as: cart; chariot; carriage; buggy.

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

马 mǎ
horse; surname
radical 187 ⾺ · 3 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “chariot”

WordPinyinMeaning
四轮马车 (四輪馬車)sì lún mǎ chēchariot

Related words

Other words that share a character with 马车.

WordPinyinMeaning
马上 (馬上)mǎ shàngat once; right away
马克 (馬克)mǎ kèmark (monetary unit)
马路 (馬路)mǎ lùstreet; road
人马 (人馬)rén mǎmen and horses; troops
骑马 (騎馬)qí mǎto ride a horse
宝马 (寶馬)bǎo mǎprecious horse
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile
车辆 (車輛)chē liàngvehicle

See also: Japanese symbol for “chariot”.

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.