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Chinese symbol for “organism”

生物
shēng wù
organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio-

The closest CC-CEDICT match for organism is 生物 (shēng wù), defined as: organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio-.

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

生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “organism”

WordPinyinMeaning
机体 (機體)jī tǐorganism (biology); airframe (aeronautics)
生物体 (生物體)shēng wù tǐorganism
有机体 (有機體)yǒu jī tǐorganism
肌体 (肌體)jī tǐthe body; organism (usually human)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 生物.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产生 (產生)chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal

See also: Japanese symbol for “organism”.

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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