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Chinese symbol for “concoct”

炮制
páo zhì
Traditional: 炮製
to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for concoct is 炮制 (páo zhì), defined as: to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine).

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

炮 páo
cannon, artillery
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes
制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “concoct”

WordPinyinMeaning
臆造yì zàoto concoct; to dream up
编造 (編造)biān zàoto compile; to draw up
配制 (配製)pèi zhìto compound (medicines etc); to prepare (by mixing ingredients)
胡编 (胡編)hú biānto make things up; to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 炮制.

WordPinyinMeaning
大炮 (大砲)dà pàobig gun; cannon
炮弹 (炮彈)pào dànartillery shell; measure word: 枚 (méi)
火炮huǒ pàocannon; gun
炮击 (炮擊)pào jīto shell; to bombard
控制kòng zhìto control
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
限制xiàn zhìto restrict; to limit
制作 (製作)zhì zuòto make; to manufacture

See also: Japanese symbol for “concoct”.

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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