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Chinese symbol for “tavern”

客栈
kè zhàn
Traditional: 客棧
tavern; guest house; inn; hotel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tavern is 客栈 (kè zhàn), defined as: tavern; guest house; inn; hotel.

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

客 kè
guest, traveller; customer
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes
栈 zhàn
warehouse; tavern, inn
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tavern”

WordPinyinMeaning
酒馆 (酒館)jiǔ guǎntavern; pub
酒铺 (酒鋪)jiǔ pùtavern; wine shop
酒家jiǔ jiārestaurant; bartender

Related words

Other words that share a character with 客栈.

WordPinyinMeaning
客户 (客戶)kè hùclient; customer
游客 (遊客)yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player
博客bó kè(loanword) a blog; a blogger
顾客 (顧客)gù kècustomer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi)
客观 (客觀)kè guānobjective; impartial
乘客chéng kèpassenger
栈道 (棧道)zhàn dàoplank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff; (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
堆栈 (堆棧)duī zhànstack (computing); storehouse

See also: Japanese symbol for “tavern”.

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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