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Chinese symbol for “bulge”

鼓包
gǔ bāo
to bulge; to swell; a bulge; a swelling

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bulge is 鼓包 (gǔ bāo), defined as: to bulge; to swell; a bulge; a swelling.

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

鼓 gǔ
drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
radical 207 ⿎ · 13 strokes
包 bāo
wrap, pack, bundle; package
radical 20 ⼓ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bulge”

WordPinyinMeaning
隆起lóng qǐto swell; to bulge
突tūto dash; to move forward quickly
隆lónggrand; intense
赘肉 (贅肉)zhuì ròuexcess flesh; unwanted fat; flab; bulge
鼓gǔdrum; measure word: 通 (tòng), 面 (miàn)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鼓包.

WordPinyinMeaning
鼓励 (鼓勵)gǔ lìto encourage
鼓舞gǔ wǔto inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
鼓吹gǔ chuīto agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
鼓掌gǔ zhǎngto applaud; to clap
鼓动 (鼓動)gǔ dòngto urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings
打鼓dǎ gǔto beat a drum; to play a drum
包括bāo kuòto comprise; to include
包含bāo hánto contain; to embody

See also: Japanese symbol for “bulge”.

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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