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Chinese symbol for “cesspool”

沤凼
òu dàng
Traditional: 漚凼
cesspool; compost pit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cesspool is 沤凼 (òu dàng), defined as: cesspool; compost pit.

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

沤 òu
to soak, to steep; sodden, soaked
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
凼 dàng
ditch; pool
radical 17 ⼐ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “cesspool”

WordPinyinMeaning
粪凼 (糞凼)fèn dàngcesspool; cesspit

Related words

Other words that share a character with 沤凼.

WordPinyinMeaning
沤肥 (漚肥)òu féito make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose; fertilizer produced by this method
沤步 (漚步)òu bù(Tw) dirty trick; unethical tactic (from Taiwanese 漚步, Tai-lo pr. [àu-pōo])
凼子dàng zipool; pit
凼肥dàng féimanure
水凼shuǐ dàngpond
粪凼 (糞凼)fèn dàngcesspool; cesspit

See also: Japanese symbol for “cesspool”.

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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