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Chinese symbol for “sedan”

小轿车
xiǎo jiào chē
Traditional: 小轎車
(automobile) sedan; car

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sedan is 小轿车 (xiǎo jiào chē), defined as: (automobile) sedan; car.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
轿 jiào
sedan-chair, palanquin, litter
radical 159 ⾞ · 10 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sedan”

WordPinyinMeaning
三厢 (三廂)sān xiāngsedan (automobile body type)
轿车 (轎車)jiào chē(old) enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; (automotive) sedan
四门轿车 (四門轎車)sì mén jiào chēsedan (motor car)
欙léisedan

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小轿车.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
轿车 (轎車)jiào chē(old) enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; (automotive) sedan
豪华轿车 (豪華轎車)háo huá jiào chēlimousine; luxury carriage
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile

See also: Japanese symbol for “sedan”.

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.