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Chinese symbol for “massive”

厚重
hòu zhòng
thick; heavy; thickset (body); massive

The closest CC-CEDICT match for massive is 厚重 (hòu zhòng), defined as: thick; heavy; thickset (body); massive; generous; extravagant.

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

厚 hòu
generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
radical 27 ⼚ · 9 strokes
重 zhòng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “massive”

WordPinyinMeaning
硕大 (碩大)shuò dàbig; huge
巨量jù liànghuge quantity; massive

Related words

Other words that share a character with 厚重.

WordPinyinMeaning
浓厚 (濃厚)nóng hòudense; thick (fog, clouds etc)
深厚shēn hòudeep; profound
厚度hòu dùthickness
丰厚 (豐厚)fēng hòugenerous; ample
雄厚xióng hòusubstantial; robust; ample; abundant
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate

See also: Japanese symbol for “massive”.

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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