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Chinese symbol for “valleys”

山壑
shān hè
gullies; valleys

The closest CC-CEDICT match for valleys is 山壑 (shān hè), defined as: gullies; valleys.

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

山 shān
mountain, hill, peak
radical 46 ⼭ · 3 strokes
壑 hè
gully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain
radical 32 ⼟ · 17 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 山壑.

WordPinyinMeaning
山区 (山區)shān qūmountain area; 个 (gè)
火山huǒ shānvolcano
山脉 (山脈)shān màimountain range; 条 (tiáo)
山地shān dìmountainous region; hilly area
山寨shān zhàifortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
山顶 (山頂)shān dǐnghilltop
沟壑 (溝壑)gōu hègorge; gulch
以邻为壑 (以鄰為壑)yǐ lín wéi hèto use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)

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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