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Chinese symbol for “manger”

马槽
mǎ cáo
Traditional: 馬槽
manger

The closest CC-CEDICT match for manger is 马槽 (mǎ cáo), defined as: manger.

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

马 mǎ
horse; surname
radical 187 ⾺ · 3 strokes
槽 cáo
trough, manger; vat, tank; distillery
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “manger”

WordPinyinMeaning
食槽shí cáomanger
槽cáotrough; manger
樎sùmanger

Related words

Other words that share a character with 马槽.

WordPinyinMeaning
马上 (馬上)mǎ shàngat once; right away
马克 (馬克)mǎ kèmark (monetary unit)
马路 (馬路)mǎ lùstreet; road
人马 (人馬)rén mǎmen and horses; troops
骑马 (騎馬)qí mǎto ride a horse
宝马 (寶馬)bǎo mǎprecious horse
跳槽tiào cáoto leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
吐槽tǔ cáo(coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2]

See also: Japanese symbol for “manger”.

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.