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Chinese symbol for “ovary”

卵巢
luǎn cháo
ovary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ovary is 卵巢 (luǎn cháo), defined as: ovary.

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Characters and stroke order

卵 luǎn
egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn
radical 26 ⼙ · 7 strokes
巢 cháo
nest, living quarters in tree
radical 47 ⼮ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ovary”

WordPinyinMeaning
子房zǐ fángovary (botany)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卵巢.

WordPinyinMeaning
产卵 (產卵)chǎn luǎnto lay eggs
卵子luǎn zǐovum
排卵pái luǎnto ovulate
输卵管 (輸卵管)shū luǎn guǎnFallopian tube; oviduct
巢穴cháo xuélair; nest
鸟巢 (鳥巢)niǎo cháobird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
筑巢 (築巢)zhù cháoto nest; to build a nest
蜂巢fēng cháohoneycomb; beehive

See also: Japanese symbol for “ovary”.

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.