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Chinese symbol for “rickshaw”

人力车
rén lì chē
Traditional: 人力車
rickshaw

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rickshaw is 人力车 (rén lì chē), defined as: rickshaw.

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

人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rickshaw”

WordPinyinMeaning
黄包车 (黃包車)huáng bāo chērickshaw
洋车 (洋車)yáng chērickshaw

Related words

Other words that share a character with 人力车.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
个人 (個人)gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
人员 (人員)rén yuánstaff; crew
能力néng lìcapability; ability
努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile

See also: Japanese symbol for “rickshaw”.

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.