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Chinese symbol for “raster”

栅格
shān gé
Traditional: 柵格
grid; lattice; raster

The closest CC-CEDICT match for raster is 栅格 (shān gé), defined as: grid; lattice; raster.

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

栅 shān
fence, grid, palisade
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “raster”

WordPinyinMeaning
光栅 (光柵)guāng shān(optics) grating (esp. diffraction grating); (computing) raster

Related words

Other words that share a character with 栅格.

WordPinyinMeaning
栅栏 (柵欄)zhà lánfence
光栅 (光柵)guāng shān(optics) grating (esp. diffraction grating); (computing) raster
栅极 (柵極)shān jígrid (in vacuum tubes); gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor)
格栅 (格柵)gé shāngrille
栅门 (柵門)zhà méngate; door with grating
价格 (價格)jià géprice
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle

See also: Japanese symbol for “raster”.

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.