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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

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tram”

WordPinyinMeaning
有轨电车 (有軌電車)yǒu guǐ diàn chēstreetcar; tramcar; tram
车龙 (車龍)chē lónglong 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.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile
车辆 (車輛)chē liàngvehicle

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.

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