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Chinese symbol for “planing”

刨工
bào gōng
planing; planing machine operator; planer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for planing is 刨工 (bào gōng), defined as: planing; planing machine operator; planer.

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

刨 bào
carpenter's plane; plane, level
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes
工 gōng
labor, work; laborer, worker
radical 48 ⼯ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 刨工.

WordPinyinMeaning
刨根问底 (刨根問底)páo gēn wèn dǐto dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
刨冰bào bīngshaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage
刨花板bào huā bǎnparticle board; chipboard
刨床bào chuángplaner; planing machine
刨花bào huāwood shavings
刨子bào ziplane
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry

See also: Japanese symbol for “planing”.

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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