Chinese symbol for “castle”
城堡
chéng bǎo
castle; rook (chess piece)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for castle is 城堡 (chéng bǎo), defined as: castle; rook (chess piece).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 城堡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 城乡 (城鄉) | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 城区 (城區) | chéng qū | city district; urban area |
| 县城 (縣城) | xiàn chéng | county seat; county town |
| 汉堡 (漢堡) | hàn bǎo | (loanword) hamburger |
| 堡垒 (堡壘) | bǎo lěi | fort |
| 碉堡 | diāo bǎo | (military) pillbox; blockhouse; humorous way of writing 屌爆 (diǎo bào) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “castle”.
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.