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Chinese symbol for “seaweed”

海藻
hǎi zǎo
seaweed; marine alga; kelp

The closest CC-CEDICT match for seaweed is 海藻 (hǎi zǎo), defined as: seaweed; marine alga; kelp.

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

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
藻 zǎo
splendid, magnificent; algae
radical 140 ⾋ · 19 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海藻.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
藻类 (藻類)zǎo lèialgae
词藻 (詞藻)cí zǎorhetoric; flowery language

See also: Japanese symbol for “seaweed”.

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.