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Chinese symbol for “truck”

卡车
kǎ chē
Traditional: 卡車
truck; 辆 (liàng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for truck is 卡车 (kǎ chē), defined as: truck; 辆 (liàng).

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

卡 kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
radical 25 ⼘ · 5 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “truck”

WordPinyinMeaning
货车 (貨車)huò chētruck; van
卡kǎto stop; to block
载货汽车 (載貨汽車)zài huò qì chētruck

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卡车.

WordPinyinMeaning
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
卡通kǎ tōngcartoon (loanword)
卡片kǎ piàncard
银行卡 (銀行卡)yín háng kǎbank card
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile
车辆 (車輛)chē liàngvehicle
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “truck”.

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.