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Chinese symbol for “liana”

蔓生
màn shēng
trailing plant; liana; creeper; overgrown

The closest CC-CEDICT match for liana is 蔓生 (màn shēng), defined as: trailing plant; liana; creeper; overgrown.

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

蔓 màn
vine, tendril, creeper
radical 140 ⾋ · 14 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “liana”

WordPinyinMeaning
蔹 (蘞)liǎntrailing plant; liana
蘝liǎnvariant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant; liana

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蔓生.

WordPinyinMeaning
蔓延màn yánto spread; to extend
藤蔓téng wàntrailing or climbing stem; vine; Taiwan pr. [teng2man4]
蔓越莓màn yuè méicranberry
蔓草màn cǎocreeper; climbing plant
枝蔓zhī mànbranches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive
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
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “liana”.

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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