Chinese symbol for “erection”
勃起
bó qǐ
erection; to have an erection
The closest CC-CEDICT match for erection is 勃起 (bó qǐ), defined as: erection; to have an erection.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 勃起.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓬勃 | péng bó | vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality |
| 野心勃勃 | yě xīn bó bó | (idiom) highly ambitious |
| 勃勃 | bó bó | thriving; vigorous |
| 雄心勃勃 | xióng xīn bó bó | aggressive and grand (idiom); ambitious; pushy |
| 兴致勃勃 (興致勃勃) | xìng zhì bó bó | to become exhilarated (idiom); in high spirits; full of zest |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “erection”.
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.