Chinese symbol for “rook”
车
jū
Traditional: 車
war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rook is 车 (jū), defined as: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rook”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城堡 | chéng bǎo | castle; rook (chess piece) |
| 秃鼻乌鸦 (禿鼻烏鴉) | tū bí wū yā | (bird species of China) rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 车.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
| 车辆 (車輛) | chē liàng | vehicle |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 开车 (開車) | kāi chē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke |
| 列车 (列車) | liè chē | (railway) train |
| 车站 (車站) | chē zhàn | rail station; bus stop |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rook”.
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.