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Chinese symbol for “muscular”

精壮
jīng zhuàng
Traditional: 精壯
muscular; strong

The closest CC-CEDICT match for muscular is 精壮 (jīng zhuàng), defined as: muscular; strong.

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Characters and stroke order

精 jīng
essence, germ, spirit
radical 119 ⽶ · 14 strokes
壮 zhuàng
big, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe
radical 33 ⼠ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “muscular”

WordPinyinMeaning
肌肉发达 (肌肉發達)jī ròu fā dámuscular

Related words

Other words that share a character with 精壮.

WordPinyinMeaning
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous
精力jīng lìenergy (physical or mental)
精确 (精確)jīng quèaccurate; precise
精英jīng yīngcream; elite
壮大 (壯大)zhuàng dàto strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large
壮观 (壯觀)zhuàng guānspectacular; magnificent sight
强壮 (強壯)qiáng zhuàngstrong; sturdy

See also: Japanese symbol for “muscular”.

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.