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Chinese symbol for “fertility”

生育能力
shēng yù néng lì
fertility; ability to have children

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fertility is 生育能力 (shēng yù néng lì), defined as: fertility; ability to have children.

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

生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
育 yù
to produce, to give birth to; to educate
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
能 néng
can, may; capable, full of energy
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fertility”

WordPinyinMeaning
肥力féi lìfertility (of soil)
生殖力shēng zhí lìfertility
生育shēng yùto give birth to; to bear; fertility
地力dì lìfertility; productivity (of soil or land)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 生育能力.

WordPinyinMeaning
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产生 (產生)chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
教育jiào yùto educate; to teach
体育 (體育)tǐ yùsports; physical education
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
能力néng lìcapability; ability

See also: Japanese symbol for “fertility”.

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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