Chinese symbol for “cellar”
窖
jiào
cellar; to store in a cellar
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cellar is 窖 (jiào), defined as: cellar; to store in a cellar.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cellar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地窖 | dì jiào | cellar; basement |
| 窨 | yìn | cellar |
| 地下室 | dì xià shì | basement; cellar |
| 地窨 | dì yìn | cellar |
| 地窨子 | dì yìn zi | cellar |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 窖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地窖 | dì jiào | cellar; basement |
| 酒窖 | jiǔ jiào | wine cellar |
| 窖藏 | jiào cáng | to store in a cellar |
| 冰窖 | bīng jiào | icehouse |
| 墓窖 | mù jiào | catacomb |
| 窦窖 (竇窖) | dòu jiào | cellar; crypt |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cellar”.
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.