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Chinese symbol for “scooter”

踏板车
tà bǎn chē
Traditional: 踏板車
scooter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scooter is 踏板车 (tà bǎn chē), defined as: scooter.

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

踏 tà
to trample, to tread on, to walk over
radical 157 ⾜ · 15 strokes
板 bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “scooter”

WordPinyinMeaning
速克达 (速克達)sù kè dá(loanword) scooter
塑胶车 (塑膠車)sù jiāo chēscooter (Tw)
速可达 (速可達)sù kě dá(loanword) scooter
单脚滑行车 (單腳滑行車)dān jiǎo huá xíng chēscooter
踏板摩托车 (踏板摩托車)tà bǎn mó tuō chēscooter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 踏板车.

WordPinyinMeaning
踏上tà shàngto set foot on; to step on or into
践踏 (踐踏)jiàn tàto trample
踏实 (踏實)tā shifirmly-based; steady
脚踏车 (腳踏車)jiǎo tà chē(Tw) bicycle; bike; 辆 (liàng)
踏进 (踏進)tà jìnto set foot in; to tread (in or on)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)jiǎo tà shí dìto have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
地板dì bǎnfloor
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile

See also: Japanese symbol for “scooter”.

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.