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Chinese symbol for “col”

山凹
shān āo
col; valley

The closest CC-CEDICT match for col is 山凹 (shān āo), defined as: col; valley.

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

山 shān
mountain, hill, peak
radical 46 ⼭ · 3 strokes
凹 āo
concave, hollow; depressed; pass, valley
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “col”

WordPinyinMeaning
塆 (壪)wāncol; gully

Related words

Other words that share a character with 山凹.

WordPinyinMeaning
山区 (山區)shān qūmountain area; 个 (gè)
火山huǒ shānvolcano
山脉 (山脈)shān màimountain range; 条 (tiáo)
山地shān dìmountainous region; hilly area
山寨shān zhàifortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
山顶 (山頂)shān dǐnghilltop
凹陷āo xiànto cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed
凹凸āo tūconcave or convex; bumps and holes

See also: Japanese symbol for “col”.

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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