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Chinese symbol for “gallery”

坑道
kēng dào
mine shaft; gallery; tunnel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gallery is 坑道 (kēng dào), defined as: mine shaft; gallery; tunnel.

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

坑 kēng
pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes
道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 坑道.

WordPinyinMeaning
坑洞kēng dònghole; pit
坑人kēng rén(coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over
矿坑 (礦坑)kuàng kēngmine; mine shaft
坑爹kēng diēto get one's father involved in a difficult situation; (vulgar) (of sth that makes one feel misled or let down etc) to be a big disappointme
水坑shuǐ kēngpuddle; water hole
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
难道 (難道)nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?

See also: Japanese symbol for “gallery”.

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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