Chinese symbol for “ingest”

吸收

xī shōu

to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ingest is 吸收 (xī shōu), defined as: to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit.

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

吸 xī

to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

收 shōu

to collect, to gather, to harvest

radical 66 ⽁ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吸收.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
吸引	xī yǐn	to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
呼吸	hū xī	to breathe
吸引力	xī yǐn lì	attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal
吸烟 (吸煙)	xī yān	to smoke
吸血鬼	xī xuè guǐ	leech; bloodsucking vermin
收入	shōu rù	to take in; income
收到	shōu dào	to receive
收集	shōu jí	to gather; to collect

See also: Japanese symbol for “ingest”.

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.