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Chinese symbol for “brood”

报窝
bào wō
Traditional: 報窩
to brood; to hatch

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brood is 报窝 (bào wō), defined as: to brood; to hatch.

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

报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
窝 wō
cave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for small animals
radical 116 ⽳ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “brood”

WordPinyinMeaning
孵卵fū luǎnto hatch; to brood
犯嘀咕fàn dí guto hesitate; to have second thoughts
抱窝 (抱窩)bào wō(coll.) to incubate; to brood

Related words

Other words that share a character with 报窝.

WordPinyinMeaning
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
情报 (情報)qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
被窝 (被窩)bèi wō(traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover
蜂窝 (蜂窩)fēng wōhoneycomb; beehive

See also: Japanese symbol for “brood”.

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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