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.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刨工.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刨根问底 (刨根問底) | páo gēn wèn dǐ | to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
| 刨冰 | bào bīng | shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage |
| 刨花板 | bào huā bǎn | particle board; chipboard |
| 刨床 | bào chuáng | planer; planing machine |
| 刨花 | bào huā | wood shavings |
| 刨子 | bào zi | plane |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
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.