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Chinese symbol for “ranks”

队伍
duì wǔ
Traditional: 隊伍
troops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team; line; procession; (in video games or fantasy settings etc) party

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ranks is 队伍 (duì wǔ), defined as: troops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team; line; procession; (in video games or fantasy settings etc) party.

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

队 duì
team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people
radical 170 ⾩ · 5 strokes
伍 wǔ
five, company of five; troops
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ranks”

WordPinyinMeaning
行列háng lièformation; array

Related words

Other words that share a character with 队伍.

WordPinyinMeaning
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
部队 (部隊)bù duìarmy; armed forces
团队 (團隊)tuán duìteam
球队 (球隊)qiú duìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
队长 (隊長)duì zhǎngcaptain; team leader
退伍tuì wǔto be discharged from military service
入伍rù wǔto enter the army; to enlist
为伍 (為伍)wéi wǔto associate with; to keep company with

See also: Japanese symbol for “ranks”.

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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