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Chinese symbol for “pants”

裤子
kù zi
Traditional: 褲子
trousers; pants; 条 (tiáo)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pants is 裤子 (kù zi), defined as: trousers; pants; 条 (tiáo).

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

裤 kù
pants, trousers
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pants”

WordPinyinMeaning
裤装 (褲裝)kù zhuāngpants (trousers, shorts etc); (Tw) pantsuit
裈 (褌)kūnpants (old)
裤 (褲)kùunderpants; trousers

Related words

Other words that share a character with 裤子.

WordPinyinMeaning
内裤 (內褲)nèi kùunderpants; panties
牛仔裤 (牛仔褲)niú zǎi kùjeans; 条 (tiáo)
短裤 (短褲)duǎn kùshort pants; shorts
裤裆 (褲襠)kù dāngcrotch of trousers
裤衩 (褲衩)kù chǎunderpants
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “pants”.

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.