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Chinese symbol for “crucible”

坩埚
gān guō
Traditional: 坩堝
crucible

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crucible is 坩埚 (gān guō), defined as: crucible.

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

坩 gān
crucible; earthenware, pottery
radical 32 ⼟ · 8 strokes
埚 guō
crucible
radical 32 ⼟ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “crucible”

WordPinyinMeaning
埚 (堝)guōcrucible
坩gāncrucible

See also: Japanese symbol for “crucible”.

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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