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Chinese symbol for “plankton”

浮游生物
fú yóu shēng wù
plankton

The closest CC-CEDICT match for plankton is 浮游生物 (fú yóu shēng wù), defined as: plankton.

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

浮 fú
to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
游 yóu
to wander, to travel, to tour, to roam
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 浮游生物.

WordPinyinMeaning
浮现 (浮現)fú xiàn(of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face)
浮动 (浮動)fú dòngto drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable
漂浮piāo fúto float; to hover
悬浮 (懸浮)xuán fúto float (in the air etc); suspension
浮雕fú diāorelief sculpture
浮夸 (浮誇)fú kuāto exaggerate; to be boastful
游戏 (遊戲)yóu xìgame (场 (chǎng)); to play
旅游 (旅遊)lǚ yóutrip; journey
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")
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “plankton”.

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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