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Chinese symbol for “cave”

洞
dòng
cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cave is 洞 (dòng), defined as: cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); 个 (gè).

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

洞 dòng
cave, grotto, hole, ravine
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cave”

WordPinyinMeaning
穴xuécave; cavity
洞穴dòng xuécave; cavern
峇kēcave
峇kècave; cavern
窟kūcave; hole

Related words

Other words that share a character with 洞.

WordPinyinMeaning
漏洞lòu dòngleak; hole
洞穴dòng xuécave; cavern
黑洞hēi dòng(astronomy) black hole
空洞kōng dòngcavity; empty
山洞shān dòngcavern; cave
洞口dòng kǒucave mouth; tunnel entrance

See also: Japanese symbol for “cave”.

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.