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Chinese symbol for “breeding”

孵化
fū huà
breeding; to incubate; innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for breeding is 孵化 (fū huà), defined as: breeding; to incubate; innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing).

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

孵 fū
to brood over eggs, to incubate, to hatch
radical 39 ⼦ · 14 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “breeding”

WordPinyinMeaning
孵fūbreeding; to incubate
育种 (育種)yù zhǒngto breed; breeding
教养 (教養)jiào yǎngto educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture
选育 (選育)xuǎn yùseed selection; breeding

Related words

Other words that share a character with 孵化.

WordPinyinMeaning
孵化器fū huà qìincubator (for eggs or startup businesses)
孵化期fū huà qīincubation period; time for sth to develop
孵卵fū luǎnto hatch; to brood
孵蛋fū dànto incubate
孵育fū yùto incubate; to rear (chicks)
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “breeding”.

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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