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Chinese symbol for “curling”

冰壶
bīng hú
Traditional: 冰壺
jade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck

The closest CC-CEDICT match for curling is 冰壶 (bīng hú), defined as: jade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck.

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

冰 bīng
ice; ice-cold
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
壶 hú
jar, pot, jug, vase; surname
radical 33 ⼠ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冰壶.

WordPinyinMeaning
冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream
冰川bīng chuānglacier
冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
冰冷bīng lěngice-cold
冰块 (冰塊)bīng kuàiice cube; ice chunk
水壶 (水壺)shuǐ húkettle; canteen
茶壶 (茶壺)chá húteapot; measure word: 把 (bǎ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “curling”.

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.