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Chinese symbol for “harvest”

收获
shōu huò
Traditional: 收穫
to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop

The closest CC-CEDICT match for harvest is 收获 (shōu huò), defined as: to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit.

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

收 shōu
to collect, to gather, to harvest
radical 66 ⽁ · 6 strokes
获 huò
to get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “harvest”

WordPinyinMeaning
年 (秊)niángrain; harvest (old)
收割shōu gēto harvest; to reap
获 (穫)huò(bound form) to reap; to harvest
收成shōu chéngharvest
采收 (採收)cǎi shōuto harvest

Related words

Other words that share a character with 收获.

WordPinyinMeaning
收入shōu rùto take in; income
收到shōu dàoto receive
收集shōu jíto gather; to collect
收费 (收費)shōu fèito charge a fee
收购 (收購)shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acq
吸收xī shōuto absorb; to assimilate
获得 (獲得)huò déto obtain; to receive; to get
获取 (獲取)huò qǔto gain; to get; to acquire

See also: Japanese symbol for “harvest”.

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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