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Chinese symbol for “pedigree”

良种
liáng zhǒng
Traditional: 良種
improved type; good breed; pedigree

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pedigree is 良种 (liáng zhǒng), defined as: improved type; good breed; pedigree.

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

良 liáng
good, virtuous, respectable
radical 138 ⾉ · 7 strokes
种 zhǒng
race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pedigree”

WordPinyinMeaning
身家shēn jiāoneself and one's family; family background
祖系zǔ xìancestry; lineage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 良种.

WordPinyinMeaning
良好liáng hǎogood; favorable
不良bù liángbad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty
优良 (優良)yōu liángfine; good
善良shàn liánggood and honest; kindhearted
改良gǎi liángto improve (sth); to refine; to reform (a system)
良心liáng xīnconscience
这种 (這種)zhè zhǒngthis kind of
一种 (一種)yī zhǒngone kind of; one type of

See also: Japanese symbol for “pedigree”.

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.