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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tavern”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒馆 (酒館) | jiǔ guǎn | tavern; pub |
| 酒铺 (酒鋪) | jiǔ pù | tavern; wine shop |
| 酒家 | jiǔ jiā | restaurant; bartender |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 客栈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 博客 | bó kè | (loanword) a blog; a blogger |
| 顾客 (顧客) | gù kè | customer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi) |
| 客观 (客觀) | kè guān | objective; impartial |
| 乘客 | chéng kè | passenger |
| 栈道 (棧道) | zhàn dào | plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff; (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers |
| 堆栈 (堆棧) | duī zhàn | stack (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.