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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

壑 hè
gully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain
radical 32 ⼟ · 17 strokes

Other Chinese words for “gully”

WordPinyinMeaning
沟谷 (溝谷)gōu gǔgully
沟 (溝)gōuditch; gutter
山沟 (山溝)shān gōuvalley; gully
沟涧 (溝澗)gōu jiàngully; ravine
塆 (壪)wāncol; gully

Related words

Other words that share a character with 壑.

WordPinyinMeaning
沟壑 (溝壑)gōu hègorge; gulch
以邻为壑 (以鄰為壑)yǐ lín wéi hèto 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 hèhills and valleys; remote, secluded area
林壑lín hèwoods and ravines; tranquillity of trees and valleys
冰壑bīng hèice 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.

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