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Chinese symbol for “portico”

廊庑
láng wǔ
Traditional: 廊廡
portico; stoa; colonnade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for portico is 廊庑 (láng wǔ), defined as: portico; stoa; colonnade.

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

廊 láng
corridor, porch, veranda
radical 53 ⼴ · 12 strokes
庑 wǔ
corridor, hallway; luxuriant
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “portico”

WordPinyinMeaning
门廊 (門廊)mén lángstoop; parvis

Related words

Other words that share a character with 廊庑.

WordPinyinMeaning
走廊zǒu lángcorridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda
画廊 (畫廊)huà lángart gallery; decorated corridor
长廊 (長廊)cháng lángpromenade; long hallway
回廊 (迴廊)huí lángwinding corridor; cloister
门廊 (門廊)mén lángstoop; parvis
发廊 (髮廊)fà lánghair salon; hairdresser's shop
堂庑 (堂廡)táng wǔside room of a hall
蕃庑 (蕃廡)fán wúvariant of 繁芜 (fán wú)

See also: Japanese symbol for “portico”.

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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