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Chinese symbol for “mosaic”

马赛克
mǎ sài kè
Traditional: 馬賽克
mosaic (loanword); pixelation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mosaic is 马赛克 (mǎ sài kè), defined as: mosaic (loanword); pixelation.

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
赛 sài
to compete, to contend; contest, race
radical 154 ⾙ · 14 strokes
克 kè
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
radical 10 ⼉ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 马赛克.

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
比赛 (比賽)bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match
竞赛 (競賽)jìng sàito compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race
坦克tǎn kè(loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman

See also: Japanese symbol for “mosaic”.

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.