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Chinese symbol for “bloated”

浮肿
fú zhǒng
Traditional: 浮腫
(nonspecialist term for 水肿 (shuǐ zhǒng)) to suffer from edema; swollen; bloated; puffy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bloated is 浮肿 (fú zhǒng), defined as: (nonspecialist term for 水肿 (shuǐ zhǒng)) to suffer from edema; swollen; bloated; puffy.

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

浮 fú
to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
肿 zhǒng
swelling; swollen; to swell
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bloated”

WordPinyinMeaning
臃肿 (臃腫)yōng zhǒngobese; bloated
胀 (脹)zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
脝hēngfat; bloated

Related words

Other words that share a character with 浮肿.

WordPinyinMeaning
浮现 (浮現)fú xiàn(of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face)
浮动 (浮動)fú dòngto drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable
漂浮piāo fúto float; to hover
悬浮 (懸浮)xuán fúto float (in the air etc); suspension
浮雕fú diāorelief sculpture
浮夸 (浮誇)fú kuāto exaggerate; to be boastful
肿瘤 (腫瘤)zhǒng liútumor
肿胀 (腫脹)zhǒng zhàngswelling; oedema

See also: Japanese symbol for “bloated”.

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.