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Chinese symbol for “archway”

拱道
gǒng dào
archway

The closest CC-CEDICT match for archway is 拱道 (gǒng dào), defined as: archway.

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Characters and stroke order

拱 gǒng
to salute, to bow; arched; arch
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “archway”

WordPinyinMeaning
门洞 (門洞)mén dòngpassageway; archway

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拱道.

WordPinyinMeaning
拱门 (拱門)gǒng ménarched door
拱手gǒng shǒuto cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive
拱形gǒng xíngarch
拱桥 (拱橋)gǒng qiáoarch bridge
斗拱dǒu gǒngdougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to sup
拱卫 (拱衛)gǒng wèito surround and protect
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report

See also: Japanese symbol for “archway”.

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.