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Chinese symbol for “troika”

三驾马车
sān jià mǎ chē
Traditional: 三駕馬車
troika; (fig.) three driving forces; three-person leadership structure

The closest CC-CEDICT match for troika is 三驾马车 (sān jià mǎ chē), defined as: troika; (fig.) three driving forces; three-person leadership structure.

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

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
驾 jià
to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
radical 187 ⾺ · 8 strokes
马 mǎ
horse; surname
radical 187 ⾺ · 3 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 三驾马车.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
驾驶 (駕駛)jià shǐto drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
驾驶员 (駕駛員)jià shǐ yuánpilot; driver
马上 (馬上)mǎ shàngat once; right away
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile

See also: Japanese symbol for “troika”.

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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