Chinese symbol for “sluice”
闸
zhá
Traditional: 閘
sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sluice is 闸 (zhá), defined as: sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sluice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水闸 (水閘) | shuǐ zhá | sluice; water gate |
| 溜槽 | liū cáo | sluice; chute |
| 灉 | yōng | name of a river; sluice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 闸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闸门 (閘門) | zhá mén | sluice gate |
| 大闸蟹 (大閘蟹) | dà zhá xiè | Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab |
| 水闸 (水閘) | shuǐ zhá | sluice; water gate |
| 船闸 (船閘) | chuán zhá | navigation lock |
| 闸口 (閘口) | zhá kǒu | open sluice gate; (toll) station |
| 晶闸管 (晶閘管) | jīng zhá guǎn | (electronics) silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR); thyristor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sluice”.
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.