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Chinese symbol for “van”

厢式车
xiāng shì chē
Traditional: 廂式車
van

The closest CC-CEDICT match for van is 厢式车 (xiāng shì chē), defined as: van.

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

厢 xiāng
side-room, wing; theatre box
radical 27 ⼚ · 11 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “van”

WordPinyinMeaning
货车 (貨車)huò chētruck; van
厢型车 (廂型車)xiāng xíng chēvan (Tw)
箱型车 (箱型車)xiāng xíng chēvan (Tw); also written 厢型车 (xiāng xíng chē)
篷车 (篷車)péng chēcovered truck; caravan
加值型网路 (加值型網路)jiā zhí xíng wǎng lùvalue added network; VAN

Related words

Other words that share a character with 厢式车.

WordPinyinMeaning
车厢 (車廂)chē xiāngcarriage; 节 (jié)
包厢 (包廂)bāo xiāngbox (in a theater or concert hall); private room (in a restaurant or karaoke)
一厢情愿 (一廂情願)yī xiāng qíng yuànone's own wishful thinking
厢房 (廂房)xiāng fángwing (of a traditional house); side room
轿厢 (轎廂)jiào xiāngelevator car; cable car cabin; gondola (on a Ferris wheel)
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
正式zhèng shìformal; official
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile

See also: Japanese symbol for “van”.

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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