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Chinese symbol for “marines”

陆战队
lù zhàn duì
Traditional: 陸戰隊
marines; marine corps

The closest CC-CEDICT match for marines is 陆战队 (lù zhàn duì), defined as: marines; marine corps.

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

陆 lù
land, continent; six (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
战 zhàn
war, fighting, battle
radical 62 ⼽ · 9 strokes
队 duì
team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people
radical 170 ⾩ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “marines”

WordPinyinMeaning
海军陆战队 (海軍陸戰隊)hǎi jūn lù zhàn duìmarines; marine corps

Related words

Other words that share a character with 陆战队.

WordPinyinMeaning
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
陆续 (陸續)lù xùin turn; successively
登陆 (登陸)dēng lùto land; to come ashore
陆军 (陸軍)lù jūnarmy; ground forces
陆地 (陸地)lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
内陆 (內陸)nèi lùinland; interior
战争 (戰爭)zhàn zhēngwar; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì)
战略 (戰略)zhàn lüèstrategy
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)

See also: Japanese symbol for “marines”.

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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