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Chinese symbol for “assimilation”

同化
tóng huà
assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for assimilation is 同化 (tóng huà), defined as: assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc).

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

同 tóng
same, similar; together with, alike
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “assimilation”

WordPinyinMeaning
同化作用tóng huà zuò yòngassimilation; anabolism (biology)
合成代谢 (合成代謝)hé chéng dài xièanabolism (biology); constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 同化.

WordPinyinMeaning
同时 (同時)tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
共同gòng tóngcommon; joint
同样 (同樣)tóng yàngsame; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
同意tóng yìto agree; to consent
同志tóng zhìcomrade; (slang) homosexual
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

See also: Japanese symbol for “assimilation”.

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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