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Chinese symbol for “gothic”

哥特式
gē tè shì
Gothic (style in architecture, art, literature etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gothic is 哥特式 (gē tè shì), defined as: Gothic (style in architecture, art, literature etc).

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

哥 gē
elder brother
radical 30 ⼝ · 10 strokes
特 tè
special, unique, distinguished
radical 93 ⽜ · 10 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 哥特式.

WordPinyinMeaning
哥哥gē geolder brother; 个 (gè),位 (wèi)
大哥dà gēeldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself)
帅哥 (帥哥)shuài gēhandsome guy; lady-killer
哥们 (哥們)gē men(coll.) dude; buddy; bro
表哥biǎo gēolder male cousin through a female relative
二哥èr gēsecond brother
特别 (特別)tè biéunusual; special; very; especially; particularly
特色tè sèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “gothic”.

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.