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Chinese symbol for “freighter”

货轮
huò lún
Traditional: 貨輪
freighter; cargo ship; measure word: 艘 (sōu)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for freighter is 货轮 (huò lún), defined as: freighter; cargo ship; measure word: 艘 (sōu).

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

货 huò
products, merchandise; goods, commodities
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
轮 lún
wheel; to turn, to revolve; to recur
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “freighter”

WordPinyinMeaning
货船 (貨船)huò chuáncargo ship; freighter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 货轮.

WordPinyinMeaning
货币 (貨幣)huò bìcurrency; monetary
货物 (貨物)huò wùgoods; commodity
货车 (貨車)huò chētruck; van
期货 (期貨)qī huòabbr. for 期货合约 (qī huò hé yuē), futures contract (finance)
货运 (貨運)huò yùnfreight transport; cargo
骚货 (騷貨)sāo huòloose woman; slut
轮胎 (輪胎)lún tāitire; pneumatic tire
一轮 (一輪)yī lúnfirst round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “freighter”.

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.