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Chinese symbol for “hybrid”

杂种
zá zhǒng
Traditional: 雜種
hybrid; mixed breed; bastard; son of a bitch

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hybrid is 杂种 (zá zhǒng), defined as: hybrid; mixed breed; bastard; son of a bitch.

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

杂 zá
mix, blend; various, miscellaneous
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
种 zhǒng
race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hybrid”

WordPinyinMeaning
混血hùn xuè(of animals) hybrid; (of people) mixed-blood; mixed-race
混种 (混種)hùn zhǒnghybrid; mixed-breed
混合hùn héto mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
复合 (複合)fù hécomplex; compound

Related words

Other words that share a character with 杂种.

WordPinyinMeaning
复杂 (複雜)fù zácomplicated; complex
杂志 (雜誌)zá zhìmagazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī)
杂交 (雜交)zá jiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed
混杂 (混雜)hùn záto mix; to mingle
杂草 (雜草)zá cǎoweeds
这种 (這種)zhè zhǒngthis kind of
一种 (一種)yī zhǒngone kind of; one type of
各种 (各種)gè zhǒngevery kind of; all kinds of; various

See also: Japanese symbol for “hybrid”.

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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