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Chinese symbol for “trudge”

跋涉
bá shè
to trudge; to trek

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trudge is 跋涉 (bá shè), defined as: to trudge; to trek.

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

跋 bá
to walk, to travel; epilogue, colophon
radical 157 ⾜ · 12 strokes
涉 shè
sconcerned, involved; to experience; to wade through a stream
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “trudge”

WordPinyinMeaning
蹅chǎ(coll.) to trudge (in mud, snow etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 跋涉.

WordPinyinMeaning
长途跋涉 (長途跋涉)cháng tú bá shèlong and difficult trek
跋扈bá hùdomineering; bossy
跋山涉水bá shān shè shuǐto travel over land and water (idiom)
题跋 (題跋)tí báshort comments; preface and postscript
序跋xù bápreface and postscript
涉及shè jíto involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
干涉gān shèto interfere; to meddle
涉嫌shè xiánto be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of

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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