Chinese symbol for “groove”
沟槽
gōu cáo
Traditional: 溝槽
groove; furrow; trench
The closest CC-CEDICT match for groove is 沟槽 (gōu cáo), defined as: groove; furrow; trench.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “groove”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沟道 (溝道) | gōu dào | groove |
| 槽 | cáo | trough; manger |
| 沟 (溝) | gōu | ditch; gutter |
| 凹线 (凹線) | āo xiàn | groove |
| 凹槽 | āo cáo | recess; notch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沟槽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 鸿沟 (鴻溝) | hóng gōu | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 (Chǔ) and |
| 水沟 (水溝) | shuǐ gōu | gutter; sewer |
| 沟渠 (溝渠) | gōu qú | channel; moat |
| 阴沟 (陰溝) | yīn gōu | sewer; underground drainage channel |
| 壕沟 (壕溝) | háo gōu | trench; moat |
| 跳槽 | tiào cáo | to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere |
| 吐槽 | tǔ cáo | (coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “groove”.
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.