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Chinese symbol for “hearse”

灵车
líng chē
Traditional: 靈車
hearse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hearse is 灵车 (líng chē), defined as: hearse.

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

灵 líng
spirit, soul; spiritual world
radical 86 ⽕ · 7 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hearse”

WordPinyinMeaning
殡车 (殯車)bìn chēhearse
辒 (轀)wēnhearse
辒车 (轀車)wēn chēhearse
輀érhearse
輴chūnhearse

Related words

Other words that share a character with 灵车.

WordPinyinMeaning
灵魂 (靈魂)líng húnsoul; spirit
心灵 (心靈)xīn língbright; smart
灵活 (靈活)líng huóflexible; nimble
精灵 (精靈)jīng língspirit; fairy
灵感 (靈感)líng gǎncreative inspiration
幽灵 (幽靈)yōu língspecter; apparition
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile
车辆 (車輛)chē liàngvehicle

See also: Japanese symbol for “hearse”.

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.