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Chinese symbol for “aqueduct”

渡槽
dù cáo
aqueduct

The closest CC-CEDICT match for aqueduct is 渡槽 (dù cáo), defined as: aqueduct.

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Characters and stroke order

渡 dù
to cross, to ferry over, to pass through
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes
槽 cáo
trough, manger; vat, tank; distillery
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 渡槽.

WordPinyinMeaning
过渡 (過渡)guò dùto cross over (by ferry); transition
渡过 (渡過)dù guòto cross over; to pass through
引渡yǐn dùto extradite
偷渡tōu dùillegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship)
渡假dù jià(Tw) to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
渡轮 (渡輪)dù lúnferry boat
跳槽tiào cáoto leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
吐槽tǔ cáo(coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2]

See also: Japanese symbol for “aqueduct”.

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.