Chinese symbol for “gill”
峡谷
xiá gǔ
Traditional: 峽谷
canyon; gill; ravine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gill is 峡谷 (xiá gǔ), defined as: canyon; gill; ravine.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gill”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 峡谷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海峡 (海峽) | hǎi xiá | strait; channel |
| 峡湾 (峽灣) | xiá wān | fjord |
| 山峡 (山峽) | shān xiá | gorge; canyon |
| 咽峡炎 (咽峽炎) | yān xiá yán | angina; sore throat |
| 咽峡 (咽峽) | yān xiá | isthmus of the fauces |
| 河谷 | hé gǔ | river valley |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley; ravine |
| 谷物 (穀物) | gǔ wù | cereal; grain |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gill”.
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.