Chinese symbol for “tram”
电车
diàn chē
Traditional: 電車
tram; streetcar; trolleybus; electric car; e-bike
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tram is 电车 (diàn chē), defined as: tram; streetcar; trolleybus; electric car; e-bike; (in the context of Japan) electric train.
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 “tram”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有轨电车 (有軌電車) | yǒu guǐ diàn chē | streetcar; tramcar; tram |
| 车龙 (車龍) | chē lóng | long queue of slow-moving traffic; tram |
| 路面电车 (路面電車) | lù miàn diàn chē | (Tw) tram; streetcar |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 电车.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
| 车辆 (車輛) | chē liàng | vehicle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tram”.
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.