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Chinese symbol for “filler”

填充物
tián chōng wù
filler; filling; stuffing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for filler is 填充物 (tián chōng wù), defined as: filler; filling; stuffing.

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

填 tián
to fill, to pad, to stuff
radical 32 ⼟ · 13 strokes
充 chōng
to fill, to supply; to be full
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “filler”

WordPinyinMeaning
补白 (補白)bǔ báito fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout); to make some additional remarks

Related words

Other words that share a character with 填充物.

WordPinyinMeaning
填补 (填補)tián bǔto fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form)
填写 (填寫)tián xiěto fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
填报 (填報)tián bàoto fill in and submit (a form)
填满 (填滿)tián mǎnto cram
填充tián chōngto fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space
填词 (填詞)tián cíto compose a poem (to a given tune)
充满 (充滿)chōng mǎnfull of; brimming with
补充 (補充)bǔ chōngto replenish; to supplement
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “filler”.

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.