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Chinese symbol for “harness”

驾
jià
Traditional: 駕
to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot

The closest CC-CEDICT match for harness is 驾 (jià), defined as: to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride.

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

驾 jià
to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
radical 187 ⾺ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “harness”

WordPinyinMeaning
马具 (馬具)mǎ jùharness
套车 (套車)tào chēto harness (a horse to a cart)
治zhìto rule; to govern
套tàoto cover; to encase
挽具wǎn jùharness

Related words

Other words that share a character with 驾.

WordPinyinMeaning
驾驶 (駕駛)jià shǐto drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
驾驶员 (駕駛員)jià shǐ yuánpilot; driver
驾车 (駕車)jià chēto drive a vehicle
驾照 (駕照)jià zhàodriver's license (abbr. for 驾驶执照 (jià shǐ zhí zhào))
驾驭 (駕馭)jià yùto urge on (of horse); to drive
凌驾 (凌駕)líng jiàto be above; to place above

See also: Japanese symbol for “harness”.

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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