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Chinese symbol for “homemade”

土制
tǔ zhì
Traditional: 土製
homemade; earthen

The closest CC-CEDICT match for homemade is 土制 (tǔ zhì), defined as: homemade; earthen.

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

土 tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
radical 32 ⼟ · 3 strokes
制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “homemade”

WordPinyinMeaning
自制 (自製)zì zhìself-made; improvised

Related words

Other words that share a character with 土制.

WordPinyinMeaning
土地tǔ dìland; soil
领土 (領土)lǐng tǔterritory
本土běn tǔone's native country; native
土壤tǔ rǎngsoil
国土 (國土)guó tǔcountry's territory; national land
控制kòng zhìto control
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
限制xiàn zhìto restrict; to limit

See also: Japanese symbol for “homemade”.

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.