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Chinese symbol for “piping”

管路
guǎn lù
piping (for water, oil, etc); conduit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for piping is 管路 (guǎn lù), defined as: piping (for water, oil, etc); conduit.

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

管 guǎn
tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
radical 118 ⽵ · 14 strokes
路 lù
road, path, street; journey
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “piping”

WordPinyinMeaning
管涌 (管湧)guǎn yǒngpiping (internal erosion of soil caused by water seepage)
挤花 (擠花)jǐ huā(cookery) to decorate using a piping bag; to extrude something though a piping bag

Related words

Other words that share a character with 管路.

WordPinyinMeaning
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
尽管 (儘管)jǐn guǎndespite; although
不管bù guǎnnot to be concerned; regardless of
主管zhǔ guǎnin charge; responsible for
监管 (監管)jiān guǎnto oversee; to take charge of
管制guǎn zhìto control; to restrict
铁路 (鐵路)tiě lùrailroad; railway
道路dào lùroad; path

See also: Japanese symbol for “piping”.

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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