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Chinese symbol for “polenta”

棒子面
bàng zi miàn
Traditional: 棒子麵
maize cornflour; corn mush; polenta

The closest CC-CEDICT match for polenta is 棒子面 (bàng zi miàn), defined as: maize cornflour; corn mush; polenta.

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

棒 bàng
stick, club; strong, smart; to hit
radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “polenta”

WordPinyinMeaning
玉米糕yù mǐ gāocorn cake; polenta (corn mush)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 棒子面.

WordPinyinMeaning
棒球bàng qiúbaseball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī)
真棒zhēn bàngsuper!; really great
肉棒ròu bàngmeat stick; penis
棍棒gùn bàngclub; staff; stick
棒子bàng zistick; club
好棒hǎo bàngexcellent (interjection)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect

See also: Japanese symbol for “polenta”.

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.