Chinese symbol for “pitting”
凹痕
āo hén
dent; indentation; notch; pitting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pitting is 凹痕 (āo hén), defined as: dent; indentation; notch; pitting.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凹痕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凹陷 | āo xiàn | to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed |
| 凹凸 | āo tū | concave or convex; bumps and holes |
| 凹槽 | āo cáo | recess; notch |
| 凹凸不平 | āo tū bù píng | (idiom) uneven (surface); bumpy (road) |
| 凹版 | āo bǎn | intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) |
| 痕迹 (痕跡) | hén jì | vestige; mark |
| 伤痕 (傷痕) | shāng hén | scar; bruise |
| 裂痕 | liè hén | crack; gap |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pitting”.
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.