Chinese symbol for “healthy”
胖
pán
healthy; at ease
The closest CC-CEDICT match for healthy is 胖 (pán), defined as: healthy; at ease.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “healthy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 康 | kāng | healthy; peaceful |
| 健 | jiàn | healthy; to invigorate |
| 康健 | kāng jiàn | healthy; fit |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | health; healthy |
| 健壮 (健壯) | jiàn zhuàng | robust; healthy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胖子 | pàng zi | fat person; fatty |
| 肥胖 | féi pàng | fat; obese |
| 发胖 (發胖) | fā pàng | to put on weight; to get fat |
| 微胖 | wēi pàng | slightly chubby; stoutish |
| 肥胖症 | féi pàng zhèng | obesity |
| 长胖 (長胖) | zhǎng pàng | to get fat; to gain weight |
See also: Japanese symbol for “healthy”.
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.