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Chinese symbol for “reproduce”

生殖
shēng zhí
to reproduce; to flourish

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reproduce is 生殖 (shēng zhí), defined as: to reproduce; to flourish.

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
殖 zhí
to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper
radical 78 ⽍ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reproduce”

WordPinyinMeaning
再生产 (再生產)zài shēng chǎnto reproduce; reproduction
产 (產)chǎnto give birth; to reproduce
复制 (複製)fù zhìto duplicate; to make a copy of
繁殖fán zhíto breed; to reproduce
传种 (傳種)chuán zhǒngto reproduce; to propagate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 生殖.

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.)
养殖 (養殖)yǎng zhíto raise; to breed (animals etc)
殖民zhí míncolony; colonial

See also: Japanese symbol for “reproduce”.

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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