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Chinese symbol for “indented”

凹
āo
concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for indented is 凹 (āo), defined as: concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector 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

凹 āo
concave, hollow; depressed; pass, valley
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凹.

WordPinyinMeaning
凹陷āo xiànto cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed
凹凸āo tūconcave or convex; bumps and holes
凹槽āo cáorecess; notch
凹凸不平āo tū bù píng(idiom) uneven (surface); bumpy (road)
凹版āo bǎnintaglio printing plate (or a print made with it)
凹痕āo héndent; indentation

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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