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Chinese symbol for “marker”

马克笔
mǎ kè bǐ
Traditional: 馬克筆
marker (loanword); felt marker

The closest CC-CEDICT match for marker is 马克笔 (mǎ kè bǐ), defined as: marker (loanword); felt marker.

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
克 kè
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
radical 10 ⼉ · 7 strokes
笔 bǐ
pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
radical 118 ⽵ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “marker”

WordPinyinMeaning
记号笔 (記號筆)jì hao bǐ(permanent) marker (pen)
奇异笔 (奇異筆)qí yì bǐmarker (writing instrument)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 马克笔.

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
坦克tǎn kè(loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
克服kè fú(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer
笔者 (筆者)bǐ zhěthe author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself)

See also: Japanese symbol for “marker”.

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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