Chinese symbol for “nourishing”

滋补

zī bǔ

Traditional: 滋補

nourishing; nutritious

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nourishing is 滋补 (zī bǔ), defined as: nourishing; nutritious.

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Characters and stroke order

滋 zī

to grow, to nourish; to multiply, to thrive

radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes

补 bǔ

to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore

radical 145 ⾐ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

補 bǔ

Related words

Other words that share a character with 滋补.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
艾滋病	ài zī bìng	(loanword) AIDS
滋味	zī wèi	taste; flavor
滋润 (滋潤)	zī rùn	moist; humid
滋生	zī shēng	to breed; to flourish
滋养 (滋養)	zī yǎng	to nourish
爱滋病 (愛滋病)	ài zī bìng	variant of 艾滋病 (ài zī bìng)
补充 (補充)	bǔ chōng	to replenish; to supplement
补偿 (補償)	bǔ cháng	to compensate; to make up

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.