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Chinese symbol for “bulb”

鳞茎
lín jīng
Traditional: 鱗莖
(botany) bulb

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bulb is 鳞茎 (lín jīng), defined as: (botany) bulb.

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

鳞 lín
fish scales
radical 195 ⿂ · 20 strokes
茎 jīng
stem, stalk
radical 140 ⾋ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鳞茎.

WordPinyinMeaning
鳞片 (鱗片)lín piànscale (of fish, reptiles etc)
遍体鳞伤 (遍體鱗傷)biàn tǐ lín shāng(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
鱼鳞 (魚鱗)yú línfish scales
鳞甲 (鱗甲)lín jiǎscale; plate of armor
鳞翅目 (鱗翅目)lín chì mùLepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
阴茎 (陰莖)yīn jīngpenis
根茎 (根莖)gēn jīng(botany) rhizome
块茎 (塊莖)kuài jīng(botany) a (stem) tuber

See also: Japanese symbol for “bulb”.

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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