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Chinese symbol for “nutrient”

养分
yǎng fèn
Traditional: 養分
nutrient

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nutrient is 养分 (yǎng fèn), defined as: nutrient.

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

养 yǎng
to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
radical 12 ⼋ · 9 strokes
分 fèn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “nutrient”

WordPinyinMeaning
营养素 (營養素)yíng yǎng sùnutrient
营养物质 (營養物質)yíng yǎng wù zhìnutrient
营养品 (營養品)yíng yǎng pǐnnourishment; nutrient

Related words

Other words that share a character with 养分.

WordPinyinMeaning
培养 (培養)péi yǎngto cultivate; to breed
营养 (營養)yíng yǎngnutrition; nourishment
养殖 (養殖)yǎng zhíto raise; to breed (animals etc)
养老 (養老)yǎng lǎoto provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
饲养 (飼養)sì yǎngto raise; to rear
养成 (養成)yǎng chéngto cultivate; to raise
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis

See also: Japanese symbol for “nutrient”.

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.