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Chinese symbol for “warfare”

戎马
róng mǎ
Traditional: 戎馬
warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare

The closest CC-CEDICT match for warfare is 戎马 (róng mǎ), defined as: warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare.

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

戎 róng
arms, armaments; military affairs
radical 62 ⼽ · 6 strokes
马 mǎ
horse; surname
radical 187 ⾺ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 戎马.

WordPinyinMeaning
兵戎相见 (兵戎相見)bīng róng xiāng jiànto meet on the battlefield (idiom)
戎装 (戎裝)róng zhuāngmartial attire
兵戎bīng róngarms; weapons
投笔从戎 (投筆從戎)tóu bǐ cóng róngto lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated person)
从戎 (從戎)cóng róngto enlist; to be in the army
马上 (馬上)mǎ shàngat once; right away
马克 (馬克)mǎ kèmark (monetary unit)
马路 (馬路)mǎ lùstreet; road

See also: Japanese symbol for “warfare”.

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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