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Chinese symbol for “axillary”

腋生
yè shēng
axillary (botany); budding in the angle between branch and stem

The closest CC-CEDICT match for axillary is 腋生 (yè shēng), defined as: axillary (botany); budding in the angle between branch and stem.

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

腋 yè
armpit
radical 130 ⾁ · 12 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 腋生.

WordPinyinMeaning
腋毛yè máoarmpit hair
腋下yè xiàunderarm; armpit
腋窝 (腋窩)yè wōarmpit
腋芽yè yáaxillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant
腋臭yè chòubody odor; bromhidrosis
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

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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