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Chinese symbol for “newborn”

初生
chū shēng
newborn; nascent; primary (biology)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for newborn is 初生 (chū shēng), defined as: newborn; nascent; primary (biology).

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

初 chū
beginning, initial, primary
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “newborn”

WordPinyinMeaning
新生xīn shēngnew; newborn
乳rǔ(bound form) breast; (bound form) milk

Related words

Other words that share a character with 初生.

WordPinyinMeaning
当初 (當初)dāng chūat that time; originally
初期chū qīinitial stage; beginning period
最初zuì chūfirst; primary
年初nián chūbeginning of the year
初步chū bùinitial; preliminary
初中chū zhōngjunior high school (abbr. for 初级中学 (chū jí zhōng xué))
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “newborn”.

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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