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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “trench”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 壕沟 (壕溝) | háo gōu | trench; moat |
| 濠 | háo | trench |
| 堑壕 (塹壕) | qiàn háo | trench; entrenchment |
| 渠沟 (渠溝) | qú gōu | trench |
| 壕 | háo | moat; (military) trench |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 战壕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
| 战斗 (戰鬥) | zhàn dòu | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 挑战 (挑戰) | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge |
| 作战 (作戰) | zuò zhàn | combat; to fight |
| 战士 (戰士) | zhàn shì | fighter; soldier |
| 壕沟 (壕溝) | háo gōu | trench; moat |
| 堑壕 (塹壕) | qiàn háo | trench; 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.