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Chinese symbol for “culvert”

涵洞
hán dòng
culvert

The closest CC-CEDICT match for culvert is 涵洞 (hán dòng), defined as: culvert.

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

涵 hán
to wet, to soak; to tolerate, to include lenient
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
洞 dòng
cave, grotto, hole, ravine
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “culvert”

WordPinyinMeaning
涵hánto contain; to include
暗渠àn qúunderground water channel; covered ditch

Related words

Other words that share a character with 涵洞.

WordPinyinMeaning
内涵 (內涵)nèi hánmeaningful content; implication
涵盖 (涵蓋)hán gàito cover; to comprise
涵义 (涵義)hán yìcontent; meaning
涵养 (涵養)hán yǎngto cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resource
蕴涵 (蘊涵)yùn hánto contain; to accumulate
意涵yì hán(Tw) meaning; significance; import; 层 (céng)
漏洞lòu dòngleak; hole
洞穴dòng xuécave; cavern

See also: Japanese symbol for “culvert”.

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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