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Chinese symbol for “barrel”

大桶
dà tǒng
barrel; vat

The closest CC-CEDICT match for barrel is 大桶 (dà tǒng), defined as: barrel; vat.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
桶 tǒng
bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg
radical 75 ⽊ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “barrel”

WordPinyinMeaning
桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大桶.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
马桶 (馬桶)mǎ tǒngchamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet
垃圾桶lā jī tǒngtrash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [le4se4tong3]

See also: Japanese symbol for “barrel”.

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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