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Chinese symbol for “cleavage”

乳沟
rǔ gōu
Traditional: 乳溝
cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cleavage is 乳沟 (rǔ gōu), defined as: cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts).

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

乳 rǔ
breast, nipples; milk; to suckle
radical 5 ⼄ · 8 strokes
沟 gōu
ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “cleavage”

WordPinyinMeaning
解理jiě lǐcleavage (splitting of minerals such as slate along planes)
劈理pī lǐ(mining) cleavage
胸槽xiōng cáocleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts)
事业线 (事業線)shì yè xiàn(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger); (slang) cleavage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 乳沟.

WordPinyinMeaning
乳房rǔ fángbreast; udder
乳头 (乳頭)rǔ tóunipple
母乳mǔ rǔbreast milk
巨乳jù rǔlarge breasts; busty
哺乳bǔ rǔbreastfeeding; to suckle
乳腺癌rǔ xiàn áibreast cancer
沟通 (溝通)gōu tōngto join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
鸿沟 (鴻溝)hóng gōu(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 (Chǔ) and

See also: Japanese symbol for “cleavage”.

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.