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Chinese symbol for “trench”

战壕
zhàn háo
Traditional: 戰壕
trench; entrenchment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trench is 战壕 (zhàn háo), defined as: trench; entrenchment.

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

战 zhàn
war, fighting, battle
radical 62 ⼽ · 9 strokes
壕 háo
ditch; trench; channel, moat
radical 32 ⼟ · 17 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “trench”

WordPinyinMeaning
壕沟 (壕溝)háo gōutrench; moat
濠háotrench
堑壕 (塹壕)qiàn háotrench; entrenchment
渠沟 (渠溝)qú gōutrench
壕háomoat; (military) trench

Related words

Other words that share a character with 战壕.

WordPinyinMeaning
战争 (戰爭)zhàn zhēngwar; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì)
战略 (戰略)zhàn lüèstrategy
战斗 (戰鬥)zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat
挑战 (挑戰)tiǎo zhànto challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
作战 (作戰)zuò zhàncombat; to fight
战士 (戰士)zhàn shìfighter; soldier
壕沟 (壕溝)háo gōutrench; moat
堑壕 (塹壕)qiàn háotrench; entrenchment

See also: Japanese symbol for “trench”.

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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