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Chinese symbol for “coachman”

车夫
chē fū
Traditional: 車夫
cart driver; coachman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coachman is 车夫 (chē fū), defined as: cart driver; coachman.

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

车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes
夫 fū
man, husband; worker; those
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 车夫.

WordPinyinMeaning
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile
车辆 (車輛)chē liàngvehicle
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
开车 (開車)kāi chēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
列车 (列車)liè chē(railway) train
车站 (車站)chē zhànrail station; bus stop
丈夫zhàng fuhusband
夫人fū renlady; madam

See also: Japanese symbol for “coachman”.

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.