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Chinese symbol for “latent”

蕴蓄
yùn xù
Traditional: 蘊蓄
latent; hidden and not developed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for latent is 蕴蓄 (yùn xù), defined as: latent; hidden and not developed.

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

蕴 yùn
to collect, to gather, to store; profound
radical 140 ⾋ · 15 strokes
蓄 xù
to store, to save, to hoard, to gather
radical 140 ⾋ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “latent”

WordPinyinMeaning
潜在 (潛在)qián zàihidden; potential
潜 (潛)qiánhidden; secret
蕴结 (蘊結)yùn jiélatent (desire, feeling etc); bottled up

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蕴蓄.

WordPinyinMeaning
蕴藏 (蘊藏)yùn cángto hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
蕴含 (蘊含)yùn hánto contain; to accumulate
底蕴 (底蘊)dǐ yùninside information; concrete details
蕴涵 (蘊涵)yùn hánto contain; to accumulate
蕴藏量 (蘊藏量)yùn cáng liàngreserves; amount still in store
意蕴 (意蘊)yì yùninner meaning; implication
储蓄 (儲蓄)chǔ xùto save money (in a bank); savings
蓄意xù yìdeliberate; premeditated

See also: Japanese symbol for “latent”.

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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