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Chinese symbol for “hyperplasia”

增生
zēng shēng
(medicine) hyperplasia; a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received (abbr. for 增广生员 (zēng guǎng shēng yuán))

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hyperplasia is 增生 (zēng shēng), defined as: (medicine) hyperplasia; a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received (abbr. for 增广生员 (zēng guǎng shēng yuán)).

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

增 zēng
to increase; to expand; to augment; to add
radical 32 ⼟ · 15 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 增生.

WordPinyinMeaning
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
增长 (增長)zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
增强 (增強)zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
新增xīn zēngto add (sth new); newly added; additional
增多zēng duōto increase; to grow in number
增设 (增設)zēng shèto add to existing facilities or services
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life

See also: Japanese symbol for “hyperplasia”.

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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