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Chinese symbol for “mule”

骡子
luó zi
Traditional: 騾子
mule; measure word: 匹 (pǐ), 头 (tóu)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mule is 骡子 (luó zi), defined as: mule; measure word: 匹 (pǐ), 头 (tóu).

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

骡 luó
mule
radical 187 ⾺ · 14 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “mule”

WordPinyinMeaning
骡 (騾)luómule; measure word: 匹 (pǐ), 头 (tóu)
马骡 (馬騾)mǎ luómule

Related words

Other words that share a character with 骡子.

WordPinyinMeaning
骡马 (騾馬)luó mǎpack animal; horse and mule
马骡 (馬騾)mǎ luómule
驴骡 (驢騾)lǘ luóhinny
骒骡 (騍騾)kè luómare (female mule)
骡马大车 (騾馬大車)luó mǎ dà chēmule and horse carts
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “mule”.

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.