Chinese symbol for “hoop”
箍
gū
hoop; to bind with hoops
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hoop is 箍 (gū), defined as: hoop; to bind with hoops.
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 “hoop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 环 (環) | huán | ring; hoop |
| 篮圈 (籃圈) | lán quān | (basketball) hoop; ring |
| 圈状物 (圈狀物) | quān zhuàng wù | hoop |
| 打箍 | dǎ gū | to hoop; to put a hoop around sth |
| 环箍 (環箍) | huán gū | a hoop |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 箍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金箍棒 | jīn gū bàng | golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 (Xī yóu Jì) |
| 紧箍咒 (緊箍咒) | jǐn gū zhòu | the Band-tightening Spell (in 西游记 (Xī yóu Jì)); a spell or incantation for controlling sb |
| 轮箍 (輪箍) | lún gū | tire |
| 头箍 (頭箍) | tóu gū | headband |
| 箍桶 | gū tǒng | hooped barrel; to handmake a wooden barrel |
| 铁箍 (鐵箍) | tiě gū | iron hoop |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hoop”.
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.