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Chinese symbol for “perforation”

穿孔
chuān kǒng
to punch a hole; to perforate; (medicine) perforation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for perforation is 穿孔 (chuān kǒng), defined as: to punch a hole; to perforate; (medicine) perforation.

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

穿 chuān
to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
radical 116 ⽳ · 9 strokes
孔 kǒng
opening, hole, orifice; great
radical 39 ⼦ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 穿孔.

WordPinyinMeaning
穿着 (穿著)chuān zhuóattire; clothes; dress
穿越chuān yuèto traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction)
穿过 (穿過)chuān guòto pass through
贯穿 (貫穿)guàn chuānto run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end
身穿shēn chuānto wear (a garment)
穿梭chuān suōto shuttle back and forth
面孔miàn kǒngface
脸孔 (臉孔)liǎn kǒngface

See also: Japanese symbol for “perforation”.

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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