Chinese symbol for “gully”
壑
hè
gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gully is 壑 (hè), defined as: gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huo4].
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
Other Chinese words for “gully”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沟谷 (溝谷) | gōu gǔ | gully |
| 沟 (溝) | gōu | ditch; gutter |
| 山沟 (山溝) | shān gōu | valley; gully |
| 沟涧 (溝澗) | gōu jiàn | gully; ravine |
| 塆 (壪) | wān | col; gully |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 壑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沟壑 (溝壑) | gōu hè | gorge; gulch |
| 以邻为壑 (以鄰為壑) | yǐ lín wéi hè | to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom) |
| 欲壑难填 (慾壑難填) | yù hè nán tián | (idiom) insatiably greedy |
| 丘壑 | qiū hè | hills and valleys; remote, secluded area |
| 林壑 | lín hè | woods and ravines; tranquillity of trees and valleys |
| 冰壑 | bīng hè | ice gully |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gully”.
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.