Chinese symbol for “drive”
驾驶
jià shǐ
Traditional: 駕駛
to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drive is 驾驶 (jià shǐ), defined as: to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain.
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
Other Chinese words for “drive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驱动 (驅動) | qū dòng | to drive; to propel |
| 驱赶 (驅趕) | qū gǎn | to drive (vehicle); to drive out |
| 传动 (傳動) | chuán dòng | drive (transmission in an engine) |
| 车行 (車行) | chē xíng | to drive; to travel by car |
| 驱动器 (驅動器) | qū dòng qì | drive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 驾驶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驾驶员 (駕駛員) | jià shǐ yuán | pilot; driver |
| 驾车 (駕車) | jià chē | to drive a vehicle |
| 驾照 (駕照) | jià zhào | driver's license (abbr. for 驾驶执照 (jià shǐ zhí zhào)) |
| 驾驭 (駕馭) | jià yù | to urge on (of horse); to drive |
| 凌驾 (凌駕) | líng jià | to be above; to place above |
| 行驶 (行駛) | xíng shǐ | to travel along a route (of vehicles etc) |
| 驾驶舱 (駕駛艙) | jià shǐ cāng | cockpit; control cabin |
| 无人驾驶 (無人駕駛) | wú rén jià shǐ | unmanned; unpiloted |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drive”.
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.