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Chinese symbol for “creeper”

蔓草
màn cǎo
creeper; climbing plant; twiner

The closest CC-CEDICT match for creeper is 蔓草 (màn cǎo), defined as: creeper; climbing plant; twiner.

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

蔓 màn
vine, tendril, creeper
radical 140 ⾋ · 14 strokes
草 cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “creeper”

WordPinyinMeaning
蔓生植物màn shēng zhí wùcreeper; climbing plant
蔓生màn shēngtrailing plant; liana
蔹 (蘞)liǎntrailing plant; liana
藟lěibud; creeper
蘝liǎnvariant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant; liana

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蔓草.

WordPinyinMeaning
蔓延màn yánto spread; to extend
藤蔓téng wàntrailing or climbing stem; vine; Taiwan pr. [teng2man4]
蔓越莓màn yuè méicranberry
枝蔓zhī mànbranches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive
蔓生màn shēngtrailing plant; liana
草案cǎo àndraft (legislation, proposal etc)
草原cǎo yuángrassland; prairie
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco

See also: Japanese symbol for “creeper”.

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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