King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “flaxseed”

亚麻仁
yà má rén
Traditional: 亞麻仁
flaxseed; linseed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flaxseed is 亚麻仁 (yà má rén), defined as: flaxseed; linseed.

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

亚 yà
Asia; second
radical 7 ⼆ · 6 strokes
麻 má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
radical 200 ⿇ · 11 strokes
仁 rén
benevolent, humane, kind
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “flaxseed”

WordPinyinMeaning
亚麻籽 (亞麻籽)yà má zǐflaxseed; linseed

Related words

Other words that share a character with 亚麻仁.

WordPinyinMeaning
南亚 (南亞)nán Yàsouthern Asia
亚军 (亞軍)yà jūnsecond place (in a sports contest); runner-up
亚热带 (亞熱帶)yà rè dàisubtropical (zone or climate)
亚科 (亞科)yà kēsubfamily (taxonomy)
路亚 (路亞)lù yà(loanword) lure fishing
亚麻 (亞麻)yà máflax
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
大麻dà máhemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis
同仁tóng rén(formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession)

See also: Japanese symbol for “flaxseed”.

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.