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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “harness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马具 (馬具) | mǎ jù | harness |
| 套车 (套車) | tào chē | to harness (a horse to a cart) |
| 治 | zhì | to rule; to govern |
| 套 | tào | to cover; to encase |
| 挽具 | wǎn jù | harness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 驾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驾驶 (駕駛) | jià shǐ | to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain |
| 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 |
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.